A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Dear T_bone,
Go on........try it. You know you want to :^)
You have the TTs ( a plethora)...I provided a recipe for a cheap armpod.....you have the arms.....and you really want to prove it doesn't work. You're the perfect candidate.......well, you AND Lewm....to be converted?
Imagine the mental exercise to be enjoyed IF.........your ears tell you something your brain cannot yet compute? :^)

Halcro,
I'll get there. I think the concrete idea is really kind of cool. One could even do a low cost DIY "TT pod" out of concrete. :^)

There is no question in my mind that our hobby has some religious aspects ( aka it is about what one believes). But we are used to use 'scientific' arguments in our discussion. Who would expect that, say, the Catholic churh will ever reach any agreement with, say, Greek ortodox church despite the fact that both were once 'the same' church? To admit that the 'other' may be right is like loosing a game. So Lew refers to Newton and T_bon to some 'original marketing material' to prove their case. But we all can enjoy leterature while we know that this 'art' has nothing to do with the (real) truth. I myself always enjoy the post of , for example, Lew and Herr Professor in this sense. I wish btw that I could afford the 'big one' from Kuzma with 3 of those 'golden' arm pods. One should I think
refer to those as 'pedestals' because a 'pod' looks so miserable in literary sense.

Regards,

From Nikola's last post I have to admit that having a lawyer with an armpo... sorry I meant to say pedestal :^) -has advantages.

T-Bone - you said.

"The philosophical issue some of us have is that of putting an isolation layer between the motor bearing and the arm bearing."

Why is this ? Can you provide more info on this.

I thought about it. I have limited knowledge of bearings other than actually changing the one in a turntable, as well as the wheel bearings on my trailer and my automobile wheels. I would have assumed that a TT motor bearing is different than an arm bearing both in the way it is designed and works. In fact who here actually uses a table and arm from the same manufacturer even ?

Fleib gave a really good description of how bearings are selected at REGA on the MM thread.

So I am thinking with these two disjointed designs being joined somewhere on a plinth or by appendage - attached somewhere. That this would lend itself to more rumble/chatter, etc...

Remember I have heard an armpod so I have a comparison to make here.

I would tell the design team to separate the two or prove me wrong with test results.

Now lets make it more complicated – a Unipivot arm does not have any bearings but point/s ?

Lets go another level still - an air bearing arm ?

Wonder how those things sound on an armpod ?

At least you are coming up with reasons T Bone. I agree with Henry – with your gear you are the perfect candidate. I am actually selfishly hoping you could provide me with tips to improve my setup based on your experience.

Cheers

Dear T_bone: I understand what " detractors " speaks and asks.

I think that you sooner or latter will be HERE. This excercise is worth to try it even if at the end you don't like what you hear, a learning one.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.