Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

Fleib, My gross impression of the Audiomeca that I heard on many separate occasions was that it suffered from what I now think of as an ill of belt-drive, maybe a stretchy belt or maybe its bouncy suspension. Some in those days used a compliant belt and mounted the motor on the stationary chassis whilst the platter was suspended, a great set up for speed variation as the platter suspension responded to the environment. However, this may be unfair criticism, since I do not know how the motor was mounted in the Audiomeca. Anyway, the sound was "woolly", for want of a better word.

Dover, My Mk3 is mounted in a ~100-lb slate and cherry wood plinth, and I have implemented a massive bearing damper much like that used by Albert Porter in his Panzerholz plinths. Of course, the L07D plinth I've left alone, apart from updates to the feet.

Hi Lewm

Great to hear your LO7D is up, running and sounding so good. That you prefer it slightly to the technics Mk3 is also interresting.

Me, still using the Pioneer Exclusive P3 most of the time and its sounding absolutely superb.

cheers

An update on the lead under-mat project. I've determined the lead sheet I'm using is not completely flat. This is made from flashing for roofing. I don't know about other types of lead sheet.
I think casting a lead mat is the way to go, but I haven't started that project. A 2mm lead mat should weigh about 1Kg so weight might not be prohibitive? Combined with a 3mm top mat close to the mechanical impedance of a record, might yield great results.

Regards,

Downunder, As the Krebs mod breaks in, the Mk3 pulls slightly ahead of the L07D. By the way, my L07D has never been a problem as far as getting it up and running. My lamenting has been in relation to the TT101. I've had two L07Ds and no problems with either one.

It's been a couple of months and nothing stands still so I wanted to note that I replaced the feet under my naked (to a point) TT-101 with Mapleshade Heavyfeet (I use 4, three supporting the edges of the tin-can bottom and one in the center of the can to damp it.

I was using smaller brass points and sorbothane and brass cups. The new feet go right into the mdf shelf of my Solidsteel wall shelf. Much better vibration control, almost no noise from a tap test to the mdf shelf. Results in a nice increase in transparency of sound-image.

On a totally different track: the forthcoming Technics DD turntables with advanced motors may be just the ticket for a worried owner of golden-age technology like me. I am hoping that there will be a better SP 10 unit in store. Does anyone have the inside scoop?