A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Dear Nikola, I died many times for the absolute truth and will most probably continue to do so.
My problem with gravity is that I never managed to overcome it in the sense of Douglas Adam's "Hitchhiker's Guide"-Circle...... ;^) .....
The "cruel mistress" on the other hand never becomes boring nor loosing it's grip on my senses and interest ( remember Winston C.'s famous quote ? - "I've never been bored...").
Kant was a human being ....... so in his sense of conjunction of human kind...;-) ...
Cheers,
D.

Brad,
Corby's response to my concerns shows that he has an understanding of structural rigidity and its limitations.
His centre cantilevered vertical 'pole' being solid rather than a walled tube, and extending well down into the bottom solid pod imbues the structure with vastly stronger rigidity than I otherwise imagined?
Of course, the cantilevered arm-fixing plate is still a weakness which Corby realises.
Bear in mind that many turntables employ the same cantilevered metal armboards incl. Raven and Micro Seiki.
They can be rigid enough........as long as we don't get into sub-atomic movement? :^)

Dear Daniel, I thought so but there is a proverb in Holland : 'the cat has seven lifes' which may imply exclusion of the number 8. Some concessions reg. the 'real life' look to me as reasonable. Ie I still think that Kant was to severe as well as to optimistic.

Regards,

Such passion over a hunk of metal ! Is this not a great hobby that can generate this much passion over an inanimate object.

Dear D, Lew - I realize that Henry’s pods do kind of look like little gods in the sun – but trust me – they are not real. This is not Greek Mythology. They don't get up in the middle of the night and start dancing together.

No - Something tells me there has to be more to this to stir up these emotions because building one is not rocket science.

- Could it be egos ?
- Could it be religious in nature ?
- Could it be this POD changes our way of life ?
- Could it have an impact on my business $$ if it becomes mainstream in this hobby ? Ouch – that one hurt.

Pick one or make up your own because I really don’t get what the commotion is all about.

For those of us that use them they bring “better” sonics, flexibility, choices we never had before.

"Excuses", at this point, are just a mask for some form of bias or denial.” Arthur Salvatore

Just wanted to add from my direct experience and conversations with other people that use PODS. Most do not have 4 pods set up ready to go like Henry does.
So others change these PODS in and out with different tonearms and cartridges frequently - weekly to monthly for some who prefer certain tonearms/cartridges with different music.

To these people - aligning a tonearm/cartridge on a pod takes literally all of 1 or 2 minutes. You move the whole pod around till its lined up. Hence their popularity, flexibility and advantage, regardless of the better sonics being discussed here.

So IMO - the theory of these microscopic movements never comes into play here. It’s a moot point based on the vinyl POD persons habits.

I can also add from my direct experience and I know that D is aware of this. Unlike a pivot arm - a linear tracker tells you right away if something is out. In fact it screams it. If it is not dialed in, it is like watching TV in the old days with an antennae – remember the haze around the image until you moved the antennae around to get the image clear.

Cheers Chris