RE: replinthing empires

Posted by CometCKO (A) on July 24, 2012 at 09:18:44

In Reply to: replinthing empires posted by berndt on July 24, 2012 at 01:09:10:

Thanks for sharing your experience! I'm hoping to learn from the experience of others. I think it was Mark Twain who said, "Experience is a hard school, but a fool will learn by no other."

Since you've done several Empires, what were the most successful plinth constructions & combinations for you? What tonearms have you run?

I've already damped the platter by filling the outer rim with a 3M DP-105 flexible epoxy containing bronze filings. I've also removed the lip for the 45 rpm adapter so that I can experiment with different platter mats.

On the more recent 598/698 Empires, the inner and outer platter material was composed of different metals with different resonant modes. When they are assembled together, they cancel each other out. I was hoping to achieve something similar in my plinth, such as by coupling my aluminum base plate to a steel sheet, and perhaps add damping via another material. Have you had any experience doing this?

Thanks again for your help!

"Knowing what you don't know is, in a sense, omniscience"

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Topic - Constrained Layer Damping and the VPI Classic 3 (long) - CometCKO 15:45:54 07/23/12 (11)

RE: Constrained Layer Damping and the VPI Classic 3 (long) - HW 06:33:51 07/27/12 (5)

RE: Constrained Layer Damping and the VPI Classic 3 (long) - CometCKO 08:11:42 07/27/12 (4)

adhesives vs fasteners - berndt 12:33:38 07/27/12 (3)

Excellent point! - CometCKO 12:40:37 07/27/12 (2)

clamp material - berndt 12:58:59 07/27/12 (1)

Well that's a more easily testable proposition than adhesive differences! - CometCKO 16:05:31 07/27/12 (0)

replinthing empires - berndt 01:09:10 07/24/12 (4)

RE: replinthing empires - CometCKO 09:18:44 07/24/12 (3)

RE: replinthing empires - berndt 09:31:49 07/24/12 (2)

Berndt's other TT - 33dot33rpm 11:39:32 07/24/12 (1)

RE: Berndt's other TT - berndt 11:41:01 07/24/12 (0)

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RE: replinthing empires - CometCKO 09:18:44 07/24/12 (3)

RE: replinthing empires - berndt 09:31:49 07/24/12 (2)

Berndt's other TT - 33dot33rpm 11:39:32 07/24/12 (1)

RE: Berndt's other TT - berndt 11:41:01 07/24/12 (0)

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