fsonicsmith
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| Woodsong Garrard 301, Artisan Fidelity 301, Shindo 301, SME 301, or etc.? Chris Harban advised me not to switch to a much heavier platter.That the 301 motor was not designed to move that much weight.Yes I agree with Chris on this. The 301 motor is not as powerful as the later 401 and in my experience the timing and cohe... | |
| Naim introduce a turntable - the Solstice Special Edition Look at the bright side. It seems that every major name in audio wants to have a turntable in their line-up. This is a very good thing as it demonstrates how strong vinyl is. And this despite the loss of the World's only full-scale master-plate pl... | |
| Naim introduce a turntable - the Solstice Special Edition I never stay angry at anyone for very long. The TD124 sounds very much like an idler imho. I don't claim for a second that my two vintage decks are much above an 8 on a scale of 1-10 as to the worst and best out there. In fact, I don't particularl... | |
| Naim introduce a turntable - the Solstice Special Edition For the record (pun) I have kept all three platters. I have a heavily modded/hot-rodded TD124 too (see my profile and system if you wish) and I have kept the OEM platter and a use a high mass one. This was no experiment. I bought a Lyra Etna Lambd... | |
| Naim introduce a turntable - the Solstice Special Edition Should anyone question the motivation for my response to Lewm, the answer is here "Your little experiment". So f-ing condescending I could just...... Well, you get the idea. | |
| Naim introduce a turntable - the Solstice Special Edition fsonic, Your little experiment with a single idler-drive turntable and platters of different mass does not "prove" that high mass per se is the cause of a "plodding" sound, whatever that means to the author. It only means that you prefer the ligh... | |
| Naim introduce a turntable - the Solstice Special Edition The plodding sound of high mass turntables. That's a first. Never heard those two associated that way before. Certainly no one who has ever heard mine has said anything like that. And after 20 years, you would think someone would have noticed. htt... | |
| The Hungarian is here and staying for ever. I would try to keep an open mind while listening but all those circuit boards in each of the three iterations of the AH integrated give me pause. My experience is that tubes, circuit boards, and push pull negative feedback a la Audio Research can ... | |
| If you have a rebuilt Garrard or Lenco you need this! I bought an LDA PS from Robin for my Thorens TD124. I am quite happy with it. I found the instruction manual a bit confusing though. I did not change pulleys or motor strapping. I know my speed is spot on because I use a Phoenix Engineering Roadru... | |
| Kuzma 4Points and Lyra carts On the issue of Fremer and 9" arms, my view is that Fremer accepts anything that Marc Gomez of SAT says as gospel. Gomez believes that all things being equal it is more important for a tonearm to have a low moment of inertia and that 9" is best am... | |
| Sell Me Your Women, Your Children, Your Vintage Turntable... Geoff Kait has not posted since July 8 of last year. I assume he finally found the portal to another dimension he had long been seeking. But it does seem interesting that Millercarbon's emergence and Geoff's disappearance took place at about the s... | |
| Gimbal vs unipivot tonearms At the end of the day a tonearm and cartridge in combination is ideally a pure vibration receiver. Every movement of the cantilever caused by its travel through the grooves is ideally converted to electrical signal unimpeded by the tonearm or any ... | |
| Does anyone know how to reach Steve Lacrone I just sent a Luxman piece to him. Jeff at Luxman USA told me he is the best tech he has ever run into. I believe he works out of his residence. Steven LeckroneThe Service Department30 Unquowa Hill StBridgeport CT 06604203-331-0671 | |
| Sell Me Your Women, Your Children, Your Vintage Turntable... Check out my system in my profile. Just my very humble, but if you read Art Dudley's two part piece on the venerable TD124 you will perhaps get the appeal. The TD124 and Garrard 301 were purpose-built meaning that each and every piece that makes u... | |
| speed controller for Lenco or Garrard Since my post above I did buy a LongDog Audio controller for my Thorens TD124 from Robin Wyatt of Robyatt Audio in upstate NY. It seems to be equally effective as my Russian (or perhaps Ukranian) -built PSU that Ray Clark sells out of the UK which... |