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In Reply to: I miss road trips and the people one meets to pick up 'Tables posted by B. Scarpia on August 2, 2022 at 07:22:11:
yeah, I once took a road trip from San Diego to a collage town on the outskirts of San Francisco for a turntable, and my girlfriend surely thought I was nuts. Of course this opinions was confirmed when I immediately did the same trip over again when I returned the product.
I thought getting a demo Sofa sapphire from a dealer at a good discount was worth the trip, but it didn't work out. Although the guy was a dealer, he was working out of his palo alto condo. It didn't matter to me, the Sofa product looked so attractive ,plus it had a super zippy arm only an audiophile could love on top. I was instantly in love, and just gave the man my money without question, the fever of acquisition was so strong.
However, once I got home, and plugged the thing in for a listen, I didn't even have to put on a record to enjoy how my new table upgrade sounded , the table had a clearly audible buzz coming from the motor.
When I called the guy up, he said oh yeah, that it might've been the result of someone spilling a coke can on it during a recent party, but since he was a dealer, it would be repaired by Sota under warrantee as if it it were new.
the other problem was I just didn't like the design of the arm , once I saw the liner tracking souther arm in person. it certainly was better as an aspirational object of hi fi lust than to actually own the contraption.
The carriage that held the cart was somewhat hampered by the flexibility of the cartridge leads, but the main problems I saw in the design were two: That the cartridge carriage used naked ball bearing assemblies as wheels. This bare steel traveled on glass rods, and I could picture every little spec of dust as a potential miniature doorstop, plus steel wheels have never been real silent in my experience, plus they make wind chimes out of glass rods and shapes, so any vibration will travel well.
But the real burr under the saddle was how the triangulated truss assembly was supported, for it spanned across the platter instead of being off to one side. the entire arm was hinged , so that it could be lifted to place a record on the platter, and although the location gave the benefit of a very short and light cartridge carriage, it required a compromise that was just unbelievable in a high end product such as this arm was reported to be.
The arm swung down, I will skip the potential sonic problem of the hinges , to be supported by a white plastic , I assume teflon , puck material that rested on the turntable spindle for support of the truss span, as the tip of an adjustment screw that leveled the arm for optimum carriage travel.
I certainly didn't want an additional friction point generating continuous noise , that was attached to a lattice work of light metal, just perfect for transmitting micro screeches into the glass rods that supported the cartridge carriage, and every other thing that came into contact with the arm.
So, when I put it all together it spelled return, and the repeat of a long high speed drive in consistent traffic. It was my first attempt to reach beyond mid fi, stomping out my little aspirational hi fi dreams. but the effect didn't last, for I now have my end of the road turntable, a Michell gyro se, supporting a definitely non screwy conventional design gimbaled Rega arm, symbiotically modified to provide optimum voicing to the table as old man Michaels last audio effort before he died. it's a cost constrained design, expertly executed. my wallet is also cost constrained, making it a good match. I only wish my wallet had such a guiding hand.
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