A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Cantaloupe? Where do you ever see canned cantaloupe? I toyed with the idea of stewed tomatoes, peas, corn, etc. Anything that is sloshing around but has some substance. Cantaloupe might work if the water content is high enough. Note that I am taking your response seriously. Not.

Soon I will mount photos of my anti-no-plinth, made to my design and then assembled by me for my SP10 Mk3, using a huge slab of slate bolted to a substantial wood base made from solid cherry and baltic birch and with a brass billet imbedded under the table to dampen any bearing vibrations via connection of the bearing housing to a brass rod which screws into the brass billet, a la the Albert Porter idea. It weighs about 90 lbs without the SP10 installed. The wood base really adds substantial further dampening to the slate. You guys would hate it.

Dear Lewm: ++++ " You guys would hate it .... " ++++

well not really, because we don't need it we even don't have to think on it ( half true half joke. ).

Btw, nice to see you own the MK3. Now I understand why I see your add saling the MK2. Congratulations for that, obviously your feedback on the MK3 will be appreciate.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

Dear Lewn - I would never hate anything that makes great sounds and music. Music is music. How you get there doesnt matter. As long as each of us gets to what makes us happy if that is possible in this hobby. It is a hobby right?

There are complicated and simple solutions to our audio goals. I find as I get older - I turned 50 in February - I much prefer the simpler ones and the ones that get me more involved.

I echo what Raul said - I look forward to hearing your impressions of the MKIII and Thuchan's impressions of his MkII.

FWIW - I knew something was off with my brass armpod. I got home tonight after being away, measured it and it is actually 4.25” tall. I was so like a little kid setting it up last weekend I never bothered to measure. Anyone ordering from Metal Supermarkets better make sure they give you the size you need especially if the little extra will make a difference.

Cheers Chris

Dear Lew, Our respected member Mackris stated in some thread :'When thinking about a turntable design, you need
to consider the physical energy paths in much the same way
you consider the current paths in an amp. design.' I know
that you are not much impressed by P. Lurne but he deed exactly this in his new Belladonna TT. I am sure you will find some very interesting ideas in his new design (www.tnt-audio.com; the Belladonna ,part II).

Regards,

Dear Nandric, I have met Thom Mackris a few times, and we exchange emails occasionally. I hold him in very high regard. His turntables are works of art that employ very heavy plinths that do not have a "deck" surface surrounding the platter. I have long thought that this is the best way to go for belt drive. His tonearm support structure is very firmly linked to the subchassis. He does not use separate arm pods at all. So his approach to design would agree more with my ideal than with Halcro's et al. I do not know anything about Mr. Lurne or his current products. I had some experience with one of his early turntable efforts many years ago, and frankly I was not impressed at all in any way with it, except its cost. I am sure his work is much improved if you like it. Anyway, one cannot "prove" that one design approach is superior to another by simply naming names. In the commercial market, there are all kinds of turntables, and they sound good and bad. Your own Mr. Kuzma makes great products that fit either description, Copernican or the other.