Seperating the technically illiterate from their money?
Seperating the technically illiterate from their money?
A friend of mine is dying to ask whether during your time with Garrard any discoveries were made on the hugely important issue of which plinth design/material most effectively mitigated rumble in 301/401s. It’s not me you understand, definitely a friend
Deccas are my favourite cartridge.Decca Microscanner (a HUGE masochist cartridge but soooo good when running right)
Best measuring TT I have ever seen data for.In the meantime, my precious and beloved Dual 701
Best measuring TT I have ever seen data for.
I looked around for one for a while but came to mys senses, I rarely use the ones I already have!
I think the biggest differentiator between well setup turntables is the phono preamp
One of the members of the WAM brought his to one of the Scalford bake offs it certainly is a lovely bit of machining but technically makes no sense IMO. I forget what amps he used but I am fairly sure he was using speakers with a plasma tweeter, maybe Lansche I forget. His system sounded great anyway I thought.I was interested in the Kronos turntables my old stomping ground (KJ) sold for a while, with contra rotating platters, but they don't seem to carry it any more. Total madness really but they sure are prettier than proper cutting lathes which possibly out-perform them...
That guarantees plinth vibration is directly coupled to the headshell and since the cartridge is supposed to be the "stator" in the transducer system the spurious vibration will be "seen", wrongly, as signal.3009 grommet-free mounting onto the Lenco steel base
Those Garrard arms measure pretty well - they were designed on an engineering basis to have minimal pickup of plinth vibration or headshell resonance.current project is an SL75B bought glued up for fifteen quid inc P&P Christmastime). I'm fond of my Garrard 86SB despite the flimsy arm.
Hi Frank, I know what the grommets are for, and I didn't expect to get away with it.That guarantees plinth vibration is directly coupled to the headshell and since the cartridge is supposed to be the "stator" in the transducer system the spurious vibration will be "seen", wrongly, as signal.
OTOH it seems a bit of spurious resonance seems to be the source of the PRaT "improvement" with some mods.
Those grommets are there to avoid this, and the arm is more accurate with them fitted as specified in the manual (yes, I have measured it).
Being "rigid" is an idea based on static thinking applied to a dynamic system. Nothing is rigid over the full audible range and the grommets are actually "rigid" enough for correct function where they are placed.Hi Frank, I know what the grommets are for, and I didn't expect to get away with it.
The purpose was a rigid path.
You are assuming the Lenco chassis is as a bad as a 401s?
Oh yes, Linn: Besides having owned a trio of LP12s, I recall the USA distributer briefly convincing us that not only did having other unused speakers in the sound room degrade the sound, so did the piezo speaker in my wristwatch!The UK Linn mindset of the 80's has a hell of a lot to answer for.
The 401 was in production then and wasn't being developed, if Garrard had continued its replacement would certainly have been direct drive..
The engineering was looking at direct drives but actually the main thrust was improving the performance of less expensive units using clever engineering, Garrard had a laser based vibration measuring system in 1975.Now that is interesting-were you aware of any prototypes or early designs? I think that the assumption with the next garrard enthusiast crowd is that a successive transcription deck would have been an improved idler .ie a 501 rather than a completely new design. It’s a shame they never got there IMO.