Warped "audiophile" vinyl

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  • BlueMDPicker
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    I use the 100% carbon Boston Audio Design Mat 1, OOP, on my Bluenote table. The slightly recessed center is like it's made for "The Clamp".
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  • SCompRacer
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    edited February 2016
    BlueMDPicker wrote: »

    I use the 100% carbon Boston Audio Design Mat 1, OOP, on my Bluenote table. The slightly recessed center is like it's made for "The Clamp".

    My fav go to mat as well! Boston Audio Design Mat 1.

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  • BlueMDPicker
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    That is a thing of beauty, Rich. And, I'm confident it sounds even better than it looks. Wow!

    I've never heard an air bearing arm. Only linears I ever got a chance to hear were the old B&O's.
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  • SCompRacer
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    edited February 2016
    BlueMDPicker wrote: »

    That is a thing of beauty, Rich. And, I'm confident it sounds even better than it looks. Wow!

    I've never heard an air bearing arm. Only linears I ever got a chance to hear were the old B&O's.

    Thanks Mike! A well implemented Lenco punches way, way, way above its weight. So far the count here is it bested a $10K retail table using same cartridge. ;)

    Air bearing results in as near zero friction as is possible. As a plus it will also track some nasty warps and sound good doing it. However, compressor noise is a factor. I have mine in the basement, air lines run through push lock fitting in the wall. Some folks without basements build insulated boxes around the compressor and stick them in closets or the other room. Always something.....lol
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  • BlueMDPicker
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    SCompRacer wrote: »
    Air bearing results in as near zero friction as is possible. As a plus it will also track some nasty warps and sound good doing it. However, compressor noise is a factor. I have mine in the basement, air lines run through push lock fitting in the wall. Some folks without basements build insulated boxes around the compressor and stick them in closets or the other room. Always something.....lol

    I gotta' ask (I'm a worse case scenario planner), what happens if the compressor stops? Does the arm have a sensor that saves the day?

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  • SCompRacer
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    edited February 2016
    BlueMDPicker wrote: »

    I gotta' ask (I'm a worse case scenario planner), what happens if the compressor stops? Does the arm have a sensor that saves the day?

    Nope. Compressor stops, arm stops, and it will test the cantilever suspension by skipping in that same groove. Before a more permanent, remote controlled power solution was put into place, the wife shut off the power strip the compressor was connected to. Fortunately I was close to the table and cued the arm, no damage to record or stylus.

    I have what looks like a car remote fob that controls an AC relay in basement to power compressor on and off. That way I don't have to run up and down stairs to turn it on/off. It's a much better remote solution than the ones that use the AC wires in your home to communicate and turn lights and other things on and off. Those can put noise into the electrical system, or be excited by noise in the power.

    One could put a UPC power backup on the compressor. Fortunately we have stable power, outages are rare.
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  • BlueMDPicker
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    SCompRacer wrote: »
    Nope. Compressor stops, arm stops, and it will test the cantilever suspension by skipping in that same groove.

    One could put a UPC power backup on the compressor. Fortunately we have stable power, outages are rare.

    I had visions of you building an air pressure monitor driven servo that lifted the arm, via a rail under and parallel to the bearing rail, when pressure dropped to x psi. ;)
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  • SCompRacer
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    BlueMDPicker wrote: »

    I had visions of you building an air pressure monitor driven servo that lifted the arm, via a rail under and parallel to the bearing rail, when pressure dropped to x psi. ;)

    We could do that! Use Arduino, some sensors, write a little code, sell it to the rich folks...lol
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