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In Reply to: RE: Tonearm choices for "new" Empire 208: Help?? posted by dancingseamonkey on April 26, 2012 at 12:25:41
Did you the Smooth On clearflex 95 mixed with the powdered brass for your platter and plinth damping? Is it self-levelling? Was 1 lb. of brass enough? The 12" Jelco looks great! How does it sound and track compared to the stock Empire 98 or 980 that it replaced?
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I leveled the platter with carpenter shims and made a pencil mark for the depth I wanted the Smooth On to be, between 1/8" & 1/4" after pouring the platter I filed the rim. The Smooth On is self leveling but I did not use the brass powder because the spindle bearing plate on the Empire is made of plastic and I didn't want to add more weight that it wasn't designed for, but thats just me. The tone arm tracks beautifully and the sound is far better than the original 98 both were worthwhile up grades.
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Thanks! I saw pictures of the underside of your platter and plinth, the color of the Smooth On was light brown. That's why I thought that powdered brass was added. Which particular Smooth On product did you use?
I had been advised to use the Clearflex 95.
Yes I used the Clear-Flex 95 and it does dry clear, the pictures you saw were from an article where they used the brass powder recipe. I may have some pictures of the underside of mine, if I can find them I'll post them. When you do the plinth you have to form a dam around the holes I used a plumbers stop leak putty that worked well.
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