LED Turntable released by Brian Eno

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,799
    motorstereo wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    ^^^ ooh, cool idea (no pun intended)!

    Could do that with the Emoticon Emotion's soulmate/cousin, the TT15S1, too... :)

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    Cousins? I'm thinking they're more like twin brothers :) . They look the same to me except for the feet on the Marantz look slightly larger.
    If one does choose to do the underside lighting some sort of an opaque barrier around the bottom is a must. Mine is a home made frame for the old Pioneer pl41 acrylic cover that just happens to fit the Emotion perfectly.

    The Marantz version (which, apparently, is still on the market) has a few tweaks compared to its forebear. The feet and the thicker platter are the most salient. Otherwise, yes, virtually identical.
    My kids liked the looks of mine. I was never terribly impressed with it as a player of records, so it's boxed up, upstairs, with some stuff sitting on top of it. :|

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,013
    edited December 2021
    I ended up with this to try. It's good so far. Small, light-weight, very flexible, low energy use, adjustable brightness and color temp. $14. I'll revisit DK's post on gels and pick up a pack of gel sheets to fashion some colors. I like blue, red, and green.
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  • xsmi
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    TEAforONE wrote: »
    It’s definitely got the “cool” looking factor. I used a strip of blue led’s.
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    Is this an RPM-5? I’ve thought about doing the same to my 10. What LED’s did you use?
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  • DividedSky
    DividedSky Posts: 108
    msg wrote: »
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    That amount of brightness adjustability looks great. My amazon purchase gooseneck is supposed to have touch-sensitive dimming and that feature broke within a month of opening. So hard buttons seem a better bet for that.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,013
    edited December 2021
    Interesting on the reliability, but not surprising. I do wonder how long this thing will last. They are those "blister" type buttons. We'll see. Stuff like this is a crapshoot on Amazon. I remember the old days on Amazon, just 10 years ago even, when there were more regular brands. Of course, merchandise we pretty much just imagined up wasn't as likely to exist back then as it is now, either.

    I will say that even at its dimmest, it's still brighter than I'd like, but it's not bad. Nice, soft atmosphere, especially with the warmest yellow light selected.

    When I come up with a way to mount gels, that'll drop the output a bit. They don't put off any heat and the diffusing cap screws off, so this could be as simple as removing the cap, creating a trace for the gel, inserting, replacing the diffusing disc and, viola (intentional), colored light. Something magnetic would be nice, too, for faster swaps, but the housing is aluminum, so that won't work. I was loosely thinking maybe velcro for external mount. The gel inside the cap would be cleanest and best prevent light bleed, though. A 3D printed friction fit would be nice, too, maybe with a gel slot, but I don't have a printer.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,496
    Nice lamp. I like an angled oval shade. This was supposed to be my LED grill light....

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,013
    Nice. Do you remember where you got that one, Rich?
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  • DividedSky
    DividedSky Posts: 108
    msg wrote: »
    Interesting on the reliability, but not surprising. I do wonder how long this thing will last. They are those "blister" type buttons. We'll see. Stuff like this is a crapshoot on Amazon. I remember the old days on Amazon, just 10 years ago even, when there were more regular brands. Of course, merchandise we pretty much just imagined up wasn't as likely to exist back then as it is now, either.

    I will say that even at its dimmest, it's still brighter than I'd like, but it's not bad. Nice, soft atmosphere, especially with the warmest yellow light selected.

    Yeah i though that warm yellow looked good on the photo. Sounds like you have a pretty cool plan there. Look forward to hearing how the gels and the interchangeable scenario work out.
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  • DividedSky
    DividedSky Posts: 108
    edited December 2021
    SCompRacer wrote: »
    Nice lamp. I like an angled oval shade. This was supposed to be my LED grill light....

    Stylish look! That’s a nice one Rich
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,496
    msg wrote: »
    Nice. Do you remember where you got that one, Rich?

    IIRC Amazon, like three or more years ago.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,496
    DividedSky wrote: »

    Stylish look! That’s a nice one Rich

    Thx! The angle helps keeps light out of my eyes.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    Upon Rich's success with these lights, I bought one on Amazon years ago. I have it mounted to a shelf hovering over my ultrasonic cleaning tank. Great little "grill light".

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  • DividedSky
    DividedSky Posts: 108
    Where is the matching light over the VPI vacuum cleaner?
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    DividedSky wrote: »
    Where is the matching light over the VPI vacuum cleaner?

    Ha! I forgot to mention that I do have one over on the side with my VPI that I bought several months later. I just don't have a picture of it.
    Carl

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  • DividedSky
    DividedSky Posts: 108
    I’m relieved!
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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,148
    Any amount of lighting, regardless of source or direction, will not add to the quality of audio playback.
    "This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,440
    jdjohn wrote: »
    Any amount of lighting, regardless of source or direction, will not add to the quality of audio playback.

    Tell that to my SACD player!
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  • tratliff
    tratliff Posts: 1,701
    edited December 2021
    I had been fighting good lighting on my turntables for a while. I finally decided to install these. They are integrated into the light circuit with none of my audio equipment on that circuit. My audio equipment has dedicated circuits. The lights are on a separate remote controlled dimmer than the 4 can lights. Which are also remote controlled. Its nice that I can control all lights from my listening chair. They can really give light to the turntables but I can turn the cans down or off and the room is very calming. It was a really nice upgrade for the room.

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,013
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    jdjohn wrote: »
    Any amount of lighting, regardless of source or direction, will not add to the quality of audio playback.

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  • DividedSky
    DividedSky Posts: 108
    tratliff wrote: »
    I had been fighting good lighting on my turntables for a while. I finally decided to install these. They are integrated into the light circuit with none of my audio equipment on that circuit. My audio equipment has dedicated circuits. The lights are on a separate remote controlled dimmer than the 4 can lights. Which are also remote controlled. Its nice that I can control all lights from my listening chair. They can really give light to the turntables but I can turn the cans down or off and the room is very calming. It was a really nice upgrade for the room.

    This looks amazing. Love the ceiling art too
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  • DividedSky
    DividedSky Posts: 108
    edited December 2021
    jdjohn wrote: »
    Any amount of lighting, regardless of source or direction, will not add to the quality of audio playback.
    treitz3 wrote: »
    IMO, the last thing that I want in my listening room (especially at night) is light. When I turn off all of the lights, even the displays on the rig are turned off. Not only for better sound quality but for the loss of light.

    Tom

    Tom agrees with you! And I owe you a shout out Tom- last weekend I went super low light on your advice and really loved it. Lots of extra juice on the 3D imaging.
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  • jdjohn
    jdjohn Posts: 3,148
    jdjohn wrote: »
    Any amount of lighting, regardless of source or direction, will not add to the quality of audio playback.
    Wow...I can't believe I actually took the time to type that out. Need to be more careful with those high-gravity beers :#
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  • jbreezy5
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    gudnoyez wrote: »
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    No problem with my Clearaudio Bluemotion just stick a submersible puck or a string of these Phillips led string lights up under the platter and look at the pretty lights. The Wife got me the puck shopping at Ross the other day she knows I like my lights when spinning some Vinyl. With the puck there is a remote with different colors, jump and Fade patterns when your listening to some of those early Floyd Albums. Cant do that with my Technics Tables.


    I’ve found the Philips LEDs introduce higher quality noise into the signal path than other LEDs. 😂
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,133
    [quote="jbreezy
    I’ve found the Philips LEDs introduce higher quality noise into the signal path than other LEDs. 😂[/quote]

    Yes I've found that led's and their cheap dc power supplies are very noisy and need to be kept off the dedicated lines feeding the gear.

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