A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Henry - I agree a universal one will be tough to do with all the dimensions. Larry at TT weights is making a good effort at it as Brad said. Others will follow. Henry your armpods look more expensive than the price you mentioned.

Nikola - you have two adjustables factors being the armpod itself and your arm. A third could be the sp10 footers. Your armpod is roughtly the same height as mine which is 4.2 inches tall. That means you will require taller footers based on an sp10. I cant recall how high the 616's are - maybe if Banquo sees this he can comment on their height. I think about 2.5 - 3 inches. I would not let that stop you.

I would get some small blocks of wood or other material and with some blue tac put two just inside the front corners and one in the middle of the contour toward the back - see my system page. Find any decent table to put it all on temporarily - you will still hear the magic. The sp10 mkII has no detectable rumble and requires little to work well. They used to plunk these things down on radio station tables everywhere. They are self contained as you can see and bullet proof.

I am still up north in Gods Country going after the elusive record small mouth bass will be returning in a couple of days and can provide more info.

Cheers

hi guys, it's been a few months. lot's has changed. i have installed a new rack for my system and, the reason for the post, i have made a new armpod.
i am having another stainless pod being made, but my machinist buddy is very busy. so, i decided to make on using panzerholtz. you can see a pic on my virtual system, on the micro seiki rx1500.
sonically, the armpod is doing what is expected. i have great isolation of course, which improves greatly on the image, detail, focus and bass response. the only issue that i have with it is the weight. it is on the light side, compared to stainless or brass. it can move relatively easily. so when i adjust the tracking force, for instance, i have to be carefull not to re-locate the pod when i'm adjusting the counterweight on the arm.
otherwise, i'd recommend using panzerholtz. it can be turned on a wood lathe without special tooling. i do have a small metal lathe that i used, but for the average guy, it id workable.

Dear Halcro, I desagree. Our T_bone is entitled to the status of an 'regular Professor' in HI-FI history. I noticed some underrate of humaniora in our forum. But
can we do without any reflection about our (hi-fi) past?
What about ( any) perspective?

Regards,

Dear Nandric, just to set the record straight, the Boston Audio mats and the SAEC mat are very near in weight to that of the OEM Denon and Technics rubber mats. What I was saying in my last post is (among other things) that these two types are perfectly acceptable. I am not "worning" against their use. However, some folks use other mats that weigh as much as 4 lbs (2kg) and more on the Technics. IMO, that is too heavy. Others disagree.

Dear Ecir, Sorry I misunderstood you.

Sorry neither topic refers directly to outboard armpod use. My standing comment on that is if you are going to do it, I think both the tt and the arm pod need to be on mounts that are similar, if not in fact identical, in their tendency to transmit or dissipate mechanical energy of all types. You do not want the the tt to be jiggling (even on a micro level) whilst the arm pod is static, or vice-versa. Since this issue is created by using a separate arm pod, it also forms the basis by which I reject the outboard pod notion entirely. I know I am boring on this topic.

Dear Nikola

Please ignore my last recommendation. I fear if you try it and liked what u hear that you will be in for a bigger dilemma with your space constraints. I already have 3 TT's in one room but the room is dedicated. It is still lunacy to an outsider. I tell myself its keeping me from becoming a loon but probably too late. Too much beer and sun I fear at this point for me.

Anyway - I do not want to be responsible for any problems this may cause in your house.

Cheers Chris