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In the Thread: Tritium Turntables
Post Subject: Not much in common with a versaPosted by mem916 on: 11/30/2011
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No vacuum hold-down.  No suspension. Air-bearing tonearm, but the other way around (ie air is forced through the steel shaft).  I reckon Bicht would laugh at this table.  By the way, if there is an "underground support industry" for the Versa I am unaware of it and wouldn't trust it if it exists.  There is support available still from VersLab (http://www.versalab.com/server/versadyn/players1.html).

 Paul S wrote:
Shades of the great-for-5-minutes Versa Dynamics, which spawned a thriving "underground" "support" industry aimed at addressing several frustrating problems that plagued the nearly-wonderful contraption.  I can't tell if the drive belt on this thing is flat or round (better if flat, IMO...), but it is too long by half, and this seems to bother them not at all.  Also, I am always suspicious of the super-short vertical-pivot-to-stylus length, not to mention the Living Hell of all that air under-and-being-released-from pressure all over the place.  Not that the Walker is really good, practically speaking; but how is this one better than the Walker?  (Of course I mean the latest, improved version...)

Paul S

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