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In Reply to: RE: PTP Solid12 turntable posted by Erocka2000 on November 23, 2015 at 06:13:31
I use L75 components on a PTP top plate mounted in a 65-lb slate slab. I've replaced the Lenco bearing with a much more robust after-market bearing, but I use the OEM idler arm, idler wheel, and (dampened) platter, and of course the OEM motor. Speed stability is a strong suit of any good idler design. That is essentially a non-issue with my turntable. I don't know what you mean by "warm-up". It takes about 5 seconds (my guesstimate) to come up to speed from a dead stop. This is the least expensive of my 5 turntables, but it is in constant use. A great buy, IMO. I think the Solid12 uses a Corian plinth, as compared to my slate one. Whether Corian works as well as slate is the only aspect of the Solid12 of which I have no experience.
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The PTP turntable uses a Lenco motor which the designer rebuilds, adjusts, etc. I would expect no need for "warmup" with the PTP.
With my own Lenco/PTP I don't hesitate to listen to the first record of the day, don't think about warming anything except the seat in my chair.
(Obviously, I do warm up the electronics.)
Most idlers I know, Garrard 301/401, Thorens TD124, the motor takes a while to warm up and stabilize in speed. I was assuming the case was the same with the Lenco motors.
Not had that warm up experience with the 401 I have or the 301 I used to have. But they had been thoroughly service, I grant you.
Big J
"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
I've never used either a Garrard 301 (had one for restoration but sold it) or a Thorens TD124, so I cannot comment on their need for warm-up, except to say that I don't know why it would be. The TD124 is not a "pure" idler, because it uses a belt to drive the idler wheel, i.e., the motor drives a belt. Thus it could be subject to some of the issues associated with belt-drive. Perhaps someone else could comment; there are a few owners of each of those two tt's hereabouts.
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