daveyf
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| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @newton_john Tonight I asked a well respected mechanical engineer if the Linn bearing that Dover and others claims is not put together accurately, is in fact that. The gentleman told me that clearly the folks denigrating the Linn bearing design r... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @lewm I agree, plinth material is an interesting subject. I recently changed out my original Afro fluted plinth from the 80’s for a new Linn Oak plinth with the various mods like the corner bracing etc., the new plinth has two benefits for me: On... | |
| LYRA CARTRIDGES VIDEO Some excellent points in the video. One of the things that I think is really good is the point about not cleaning the stylus too much. I went through a bottle of SPT cleaner in less than a year...then I realized that it could be applied far less f... | |
| Unipivot tone arms "I have ownd a Naim Aro for 25 ears along with a myriad of other arms. It is very stable due in part to the low centre of gravity ( below the pivot point ). You either had a faulty arm or maybe it was your bouncy castle ( Linn ), though Martin Co... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @elliottbnewcombjr I have seen the video you posted and others that are more complete. The bearing is precise without having to be a tight fit! Remember, the bearing point is what the whole shaft rotates from. The bearing point is diamond hardene... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @lewm I just took a look at your system. Nice. Have you had the opportunity of hearing what a new LP12 Akurate or Klimax model would be like in your system? I suspect you might be pleasantly surprised. | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @elliottbnewcombjr The new Karousel bearing is reportedly machined to within 5 microns ( is that a lack of precision???). What do you believe your Thorens bearing is machined to? BTW, you do realize that your SME example relies on a knife ... | |
| Unipivot tone arms I wonder if the use of a unipivot has anything to do with cost of manufacture and complexity of same, vs the more expensive/complex gimbal. I use a variation on the unipivot design, a Well Tempered ’Black’ arm that sits the pivot via strings in a ... | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? @newton_john I agree with you, the Bedrok does seem to be priced at a point that is not that attractive. However, like most things in this hobby, I suspect one will come along on the used market, priced at a fraction of new. That would be the tim... | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? One of the best, perhaps the best, table I have heard is the Basis Transcendence. . | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @mylogic The interesting thing that occurs to me is that in this hobby, many times folk are not aware of the failings, or shortcomings, of their systems. Only upon an exposure to what they are missing can they discover what is either a) missing f... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @lewm While you might expect that a dead silence be portrayed by any decent table when placing the stylus into the lead in groove, you might be surprised how rare that experience is. I have heard numerous high end tables that cannot do this 'tric... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @lewm Obviously if the record has pressing defects or scratches etc., it will sound. I am talking about a clean pressing that does not have these issues. The bearing of the Linn ( and I think in reality, all turntables) is probably the most impo... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @mylogic Your friend was 100% correct. Noise generated from the table is not beneficial. Which is one of the reasons why Linn has gone to significant effort to minimize the input from the table to the upstream components. For example, the new Kar... | |
| Furutech PC's? When it comes to Furutech PC's.. best advice is to be very very careful to determine if they are legitimate. There are a number of fakes that are being sold as real, and these cables look very close to the real item. Unfortunately, Buyer beware is... |