Henry, Your point is well taken in general, but in this case I believe Fleib wrote only a few posts above your last one that he did purchase a leather mat and did try it, albeit his was made of deer hyde.
Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?
I have just acquired a 32 year old JVC/Victor TT-101 DD turntable after having its lesser brother, the TT-81 for the last year.
TT-101
This is one of the great DD designs made at a time when the giant Japanese electronics companies like Technics, Denon, JVC/Victor and Pioneer could pour millions of dollars into 'flagship' models to 'enhance' their lower range models which often sold in the millions.
Because of their complexity however.......if they malfunction.....parts are 'unobtanium'....and they often cannot be repaired.
TT-101
This is one of the great DD designs made at a time when the giant Japanese electronics companies like Technics, Denon, JVC/Victor and Pioneer could pour millions of dollars into 'flagship' models to 'enhance' their lower range models which often sold in the millions.
Because of their complexity however.......if they malfunction.....parts are 'unobtanium'....and they often cannot be repaired.
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Fleib, http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1317949815&openflup&355&4#355 I have a number of record weights ranging from 450Gm to 600Gm. They all perform their task adequately.... |
Halcro, You assume too much. My Sota reflex clamp is > 200g, but more importantly, I can use as much down force as I like and easily clamp onto the spindle putting 600g pressure on the label. I think you missed my point about applying pressure more evenly across the surface. I also think your results are due to the thinness of the mat, < 0.5mm. Regards, |
Fleib, Speaking of assumptions.....I'm assuming that you don't actually own a periphery clamp as I do...❓ You are probably correct in that the use of one together with a centre clamp/weight applies pressure more evenly across the record/platter interface. However I have found that the sound quality is deleteriously affected if the clamp is used with any pliable platter mat. When used with a solid mat (metal, glass, plastic) or no mat at all....the peripheral ring does iron out the three seriously warped records I own whilst appearing to have little to no affect on the sound quality. When used with a compressible mat however, like rubber, felt or leather...the peripheral clamp on my turntables, manages to suck the 'very life' and essence out of the reproduced sound...😱 I am not saying that thin suede mats (because I have found it critical to always have the 'cut' suede side rather than the tanned leather side facing upwards) are the answer to every platter on every turntable...👀 It didn't improve my Raven AC-2 when placed on the copper-faced platter nor did it improve the sound when placed on top of the Micro Seiki Cu-180 platter mat. I think all these things are system-dependent but as I started this discussion topic within a Thread by saying.....the cost of trying these suede/leather platter mats is small enough (for the possible gains) to warrant experimentation....😎 |
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