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In the Thread: Minusk: a new Vibraplan?

Post Subject: Minus-KPosted by Stitch on: 6/20/2014

I worked a little bit with those and I compared it to Vibraplane.

The Minus-K are ok, they do a good job BUT they move very easily, they are very wobbly and based on that, you can only use them with center weight Turntables. And based on their size, when you have a wide Turntable, you need a very big Minus-K. Anyway, based on this wobbling, I would use the Minus-K for Preamp, Phonoamp or something like this, but NEVER for a Turntable. It even stated wobbling when I moved the Tonearm out of its rest into the first track. But, I also heard from ONE owner who said, he has no problems with his, he adjusted it very carefully and it is stable. Who knows....The Vibraplane is totally different, it is very stable and works excellent. Everything on it is rock solid and even a Minus-K owner who did visit me, told me, he bought the wrong items. Next time he would choose VP. Even unimportant for a technical unit, but the Minus-K is pretty ugly (height) compared to the elegance of a VP....and the VP his wide enough for all kind of Turntables. I use passive ones for years and I have absolutely no problems with them. They hold air very good, so I never thought about active ones (the distributor lowered the price for those some time ago...it is an interesting option).
But time moved on and now there are more items out there, well done, but very pricy from Halcyonics or Herzan. They are from Hz a touch deeper than Minus-K / VP but I doubt that you can hear that. When you look at the technical datas at Minus-K / VP then you will know how these systems work (they NEED load), it is pure physics and they are done seriously. Not the typical High End crap but it's an individual decision what to choose...

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