A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Has anyone tried making their arm tower with brass? Do you see any advantages/disadvantages with this material?

Cheers

Dear Halcro, Jcarr's "table of material's sonic quality" is correct. The key is the decreasing ability/speed to transmit energy in the different processed materials. Cheers,
D.

Hi Jonathan,
I imagine though, that the 'processing' of the material and the 'significant effect on sound' due to that, would vary depending on 'where' in the signal-processing chain that material was applied?
For instance, I can imagine a tonearm headshell or arm-tube having a more 'significant' effect on the signal than say......an isolating spike or cone, or an arm-pod or a shelf bracket?
Cheers
Henry

Jcarr,

As I was posing the questions you were already answering. Synchronicity,

Thanks

Dgob, One advantage of brass: it is pretty soft and therefore very easy to machine. It also looks nice.

Can someone point out to me where (in what post) JCarr listed his preferred materials in order of goodness? I only see where he listed first the preferred methods for creating objects out of solid metals and in a second post the metals that he personally has auditioned. Or Jonathan? Thx.

Daniel (DT): Do you equate speed of the propagation of energy in a material with goodness of the material for use in arm pods, plinths, arm boards, platters, or what?