Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site


In the Forum: Analog Playback
In the Thread: Ultimate Turntable
Post Subject: "No lateral loads"Posted by Paul S on: 6/21/2008
And what, really, is the "wear factor" for a TT side load?  At least you can +/- "trap" the bearing that way, and certainly it can be engineered to accomodate?  'Just the Ockham in me talkin'...

I like the sandwiches for certain types of damping/isolation, but someone is going to have to show me how the "impedance conversion" here actually works with purely disparate materials, especially right at the point of disc/platter interface, without leaving something to get back (to the stylus), particularly with the usual/typical "loose" disc.  I have seen/heard everything from glass to "dots" to wood, cork, paper, rubber, felt, etc., etc., and I think my main problem with copper is that it just seems like it was basically "intuited" and/or pulled out of a hat as it may/may not relate to vinyl compounds.

Since I've already bought into sintered materials, I hope it's clear that I like the idea of "broad band" and "sink"; but wouldn't the path at least begin with a closer match to vinyl?  In any case, I have never seen anything rigorous on this, TTs being at least 50% snake oil; more expensive = better art/longer blurb...

Best regards,
Paul S

Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site