A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Dear Ct0517: I think that you could be right about that " isolated " subject. As you I can't be sure.

regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

I still believe the key to the improvement was and this is gut feel only 75% isolated armboard and 25% getting the sp10 out of its plinth. Isolating and mass loading the armboard I feel was key.

I have the same gut feel.
The isolated and heavy arm boards I believe, are a revelation.

Chris,

Sorry but just a quick follow up. Did you try the arm tower on your fourth AT616 and, if so, what was the outcome?

Thanks

Ct0517,

I'm not altogether certain. Moving the Technics onto the AT616s made an immediate difference to staging, pitch and tone. However, isolating and mass-loading the armboard definitely enhanced these gains and brought about the full potential that I've pointed to above.

AS you'll recall from my earleir comments, one of my key interests was to see if the isolation/decoupling of turntable from armboard and plinth would reap rewards. It now seems beyond doubt to me that such isolation offers a huge step forward.

Lewm,

I do have a long carpenter's level that I use for making measurements of larger areas (of shelves, turntable etc). However, the small precision vial that I use can be used to ensure the level at a variety of (often small and intricate - arm tower etc) places/points/spaces.

Not withstanding the noted issues regarding using the larger spirit level here, I think the laser level sounds a really interesting idea and I think would now probably be fairly cost efficient as you suggest. I'll look into the practicalities and thanks for the suggestions.