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mhardy6647
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https://www.whathifi.com/news/tri-art-bamboo-turntable-eco-friendly-way-to-enjoy-music
Polyvinyl chloride ain't too environmentally friendly, so I guess we can make up for that, somewhat, with a "greener" turntable.
Polyvinyl chloride ain't too environmentally friendly, so I guess we can make up for that, somewhat, with a "greener" turntable.
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Hay, that looks just like the one the Perfessor made, strongly endorsed by Gilligan...the Skipper too!
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Sweeeeeeet!
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Lest we forget the original audiophile Fred Flintstone
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That is cool. May sound like ****, but it's very cool. Love bamboo.
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I would play this vinyl
My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160
Family Room| Marantz AV7704| Usher Dancer Mini - 2 DMD Mains |Usher Dancer Mini-x DMD's Surrounds | Usher BE-616 DMD Center | SVS Ultra Rear Surrounds | Parasound Halo A21 | Parsound Halo A52+ | MIT Shotgun S3's | Dual SVS SB 4000 Ultras | Oppo UDP 203 | Directv Genie HD DVR | Samsung 75" Q8 QLED | PSAudio Stellar GCD | Mytek Brooklyn DAC+ | Lumin U1 Mini | HP Elite Slice PC | ROON'd for life |
ManCave: HT:Polk LSiM 706VR3 LSiM 703's LSiM 702's|| Marantz AV7002 AV PrePro Sunfire TGA-7401| Sony PS4 Pro| Sony PS4 Pro|SVS PB13 Ultra| Oppo UDP 203 | Music Hall MMF 5.3se TT w/ Soundsmith Carmen | Samsung 55" SUHD TV | Sony PS4
Patio | Polk Atrium 8's | Yamaha R-N303BL |
Office BlueSound Node| KEF LS50 | Peactree Nova 125SE |
Bedroom | Focal 905's | Chromecast Audio |
Garage | Polk Monitor 5B's
Closet Yamaha M80 | 2 Polk MP3K subs| Yaqin MC100B with Shuguang Treasures KT 88's & CV181Z's | Tesla E83CC's | Marantz 2252B | Marantz 2385 |Polk SDA SRS 2.3 | LSiM 705's | -
I believe that it's more viable to resurrect/refurbish an old 'table than it is to buy a new one. YMMV.Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
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as if I am going to disagree?
DSC_2460 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
In seriousness (well, you know, kinda...), there is one potential problem with buying used turntables (compared to electronic components). There are numerous (at least several) precision, moving surfaces that are subject to normal wear and/or abnormal wear (abuse). Besides the obvious (i.e., the belt on a belt drive platter), for a vintage "normal" (swingin' arm) tt, one worries about the condition of the tonearm bearings (wear and play) and the platter bearing. One also worries about lubrication (of the main bearing at least; for semi-auto and auto tts, of multiple moving parts). In classic, vintage record changers (e.g., DUAL, Garrard), the mechanisms 1) are very complex and 2) have a tendency to gum up severely over the decades.
More modern linear-trackers have plenty of interesting things to go wrong, too -- especially the earlier linear trackers with rubber drive tires (e.g., the Rabco arms).
In other words, there's a lot to go wrong in vintage hifi components with moving parts (turntables and tape decks, first and foremost).
Sorry
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mhardy6647 wrote: »as if I am going to disagree?DSC_2460 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
In seriousness (well, you know, kinda...), there is one potential problem with buying used turntables (compared to electronic components). There are numerous (at least several) precision, moving surfaces that are subject to normal wear and/or abnormal wear (abuse). Besides the obvious (i.e., the belt on a belt drive platter), for a vintage "normal" (swingin' arm) tt, one worries about the condition of the tonearm bearings (wear and play) and the platter bearing. One also worries about lubrication (of the main bearing at least; for semi-auto and auto tts, of multiple moving parts). In classic, vintage record changers (e.g., DUAL, Garrard), the mechanisms 1) are very complex and 2) have a tendency to gum up severely over the decades.
More modern linear-trackers have plenty of interesting things to go wrong, too -- especially the earlier linear trackers with rubber drive tires (e.g., the Rabco arms).
In other words, there's a lot to go wrong in vintage hifi components with moving parts (turntables and tape decks, first and foremost).
Sorry
I inherited an old Technics sl j2 linear table with a basic AT cart of some sort, IYO would a nice Grado p mount be too much to spend on such an old table?McCormack DNA-1 Amp, Parasound Halo P5 Pre Amp, Denon DVD 2900 CD player, Adcom GDA 700 DAC, VPI Traveler TT with Denon 103R cartridge, Lounge Audio MKiii phono pre and Copla SUT, Polk SDA SRS 3.1 TL speakers, Tributaries series 8 IC's and speaker cable. -
mhardy6647 wrote: »as if I am going to disagree?DSC_2460 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
In seriousness (well, you know, kinda...), there is one potential problem with buying used turntables (compared to electronic components). There are numerous (at least several) precision, moving surfaces that are subject to normal wear and/or abnormal wear (abuse). Besides the obvious (i.e., the belt on a belt drive platter), for a vintage "normal" (swingin' arm) tt, one worries about the condition of the tonearm bearings (wear and play) and the platter bearing. One also worries about lubrication (of the main bearing at least; for semi-auto and auto tts, of multiple moving parts). In classic, vintage record changers (e.g., DUAL, Garrard), the mechanisms 1) are very complex and 2) have a tendency to gum up severely over the decades.
More modern linear-trackers have plenty of interesting things to go wrong, too -- especially the earlier linear trackers with rubber drive tires (e.g., the Rabco arms).
In other words, there's a lot to go wrong in vintage hifi components with moving parts (turntables and tape decks, first and foremost).
Sorry
I inherited an old Technics sl j2 linear table with a basic AT cart of some sort, IYO would a nice Grado p mount be too much to spend on such an old table?
The Black is still available in P-mount, yes? If the tt is basically in good working order, I wouldn't hesitate to throw a Grado Black on it. No warranty express or implied, though
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The Black is still available in P-mount, yes? If the tt is basically in good working order, I wouldn't hesitate to throw a Grado Black on it. No warranty express or implied, though
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Yes it is, and thanks.McCormack DNA-1 Amp, Parasound Halo P5 Pre Amp, Denon DVD 2900 CD player, Adcom GDA 700 DAC, VPI Traveler TT with Denon 103R cartridge, Lounge Audio MKiii phono pre and Copla SUT, Polk SDA SRS 3.1 TL speakers, Tributaries series 8 IC's and speaker cable. -
teekay0007 wrote: »Hay, that looks just like the one the Perfessor made, strongly endorsed by Gilligan...the Skipper too!
Did you mean "Professoranmaryan? -
I've read about lots of great benefits about bamboo being used for audio applications, and often compared to that of carbon fiber. So this table might not sound to bad at all.
Found this interesting article:
What makes bamboo so effective in the audio world is its structure and the process that allows us to turn what is basically a massive fibrous grass into a flat board. The bamboo itself is formed from long bundles of cellulose fibers, bound together by lignin, a natural thermoplastic resin. The closer to the surface you get, the greater the density of those fibers. The result is not unlike natural carbon fiber, but considerably heavier. Take that structure and cut it into strips that can then be stacked face to face to create a single flat board and you have a random, composite, variable-density material -- which is just about ideal for dissipating mechanical energy effectively without converting it into a single, dominant resonant frequency the way that glass or MDF does. Great in theory -- how does it work in practice? Better than you are going to believe -- which is exactly why Atacama and Quadraspire have made it central to their product lines.2 channel:
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Theater:
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