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I threw together a page with some photos of the arm upgrade as it stands so far....
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You have stainless steel cajones, Ed!Beautiful job...
I'm just stubborn and patient and have enough mechanical and electrical knowledge to get by with something like this. In reality I'm just a kid from east Baltimore, MD. Regular as regular gets.Have A Nice Holiday,
EdPS. I hope to get the additional stylus guard this week. When it shows I'll send it along.
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The Rega arm looks like it was meant to be on that Denon, nice job !
nt
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Nice pics Ed, i'm sure it was an upgrade soundwise as well. Is that the original Denon plinth? I've read about people moving the electronics of DD TT out of the box and make a new heavy plinth for the TT a la Garrard/Lenco. (DD Museum?) Could be a nice and cheap upgrade but i admit i'm being intimidated a bit by all those electronics!
"The torture never stops"
Freek,
It is the original plinth. I "treated" it by glueing pieces of sorbothane sheeting to the open spots between the circuit boards. It sufficiently deadened the plinth to the point where I was satisfied with the performance.Have A Good Holiday,
Ed
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I still want to do a DP 6000 if the table ever comes available on ebay.Maybe now I will have the guts to just modify a 62L model like you have done.
Ed, how does it all sound in your opinion? Is that a 103 model Denon on your arm. Looks like a 103 D or S model from the picture.
Nice job. I love the VTAF on that Denon. Looks like it belongs there!
The upgrade is more than just a minor one. I'm somewhat overwhelmed by the sound coming from that old Denon. It's highly recomended if you care to tackle the job.The cartridge is a 103D with a VDH type 1 stylus and boron cantilever (retipped by VDH earlier this year). BTW that is highly recomended as well.
Ed
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nt
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I'm sad to see that beautiful "Dynamic Servotracer" bite the dust.You interested in selling just the arm base and servo's? I'd keep them as spares for my DP-72. Email me. You can probably sell the armtube on eBay for pretty big bucks- I recall seeing some go for over $50 in the past.
I've often thought the DP-62/72 tables would sound very good with a "real" arm. The Denon arms are definitely their limiting factor.
"The Denon arms are definitely their limiting factor."
If I only knew then what we know now. Those servo arms were really cool in their day and were the selling factor when I bought DP45 way back in 1983(4)?It was quite a concept. It was marketed as a high tech solution to tracking warped records and other issues regarding vinyl.
You told me this was coming but WOW, this looks great!! Now how does it sound??
Very nice...a definate upgrade. Detail, detail, detail...lots of it combined with the Prat a DD brings the the table. I have the AQ sorbogel mat and the original Denon mat on the platter. The new arm is a bit higher than the original Denon arm and I needed a bit of compensation. The two mats together make the table very quiet.I'm still working on it. Its perfectly functional in a manual mode, but I'm currently waiting for the parts to re-enable the auto-lift shutoff and cueing solenoid operation.
The original cueing actuator shaft has to be 3/4" longer (shaft coupling on its way) and a flanged bearing is also on its way to create a end of LP sensor arm to unflag the optocoupler (shuts off the motor and activates the solenoid...raising the arm).
Its a bit of detail and fabrication work. Not tough...just time consuming.
Thanks for the comments,
Ed
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