Something I heard in Portland Oregon got my attention real fast....

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In Reply to: interesting excerpt posted by dean man jim on April 13, 2007 at 16:28:01:

InDaGroove's awesome table (you can see it in the asylum gallery) is on a 300lb + base. He turned up the volume of the system to normal listening levels, dropped the needle on the LP (not spinning) and then tapped on the plinth, the base, and other parts of the table to show me what gets through the amplification chain.
I could hear the tapping but it was down some 36-48db. Try that on your system at home! Mine is not nearly that quiet.
The PRAT on his table was very close to the PRAT on my Rek O Kut. I am ecstatic about the performance of my Rek O Kut and I did not expect a Teres turntable motor to generate the same level of performance.
However InDaGroove's turntable sounds extremely similar to my Rek O Kut and that ultra high mass turntable bass has a great deal going for it. It sounds like live music and that is a tribute to the high mass base approach to sound reproduction. It also had excellent top to bottom frequency response so it sounded extremely natural right along with sounding life like and real.
There are some other aspect to the base I have left out. InDaGroove can fill these in if he would like to do so.
I know that I could sit in his listening room, close my eyes and see the performers. I can do this in my own system and his system was the only other I have visited to give me that same overall effect.
InDaGrooves table caught that same magic in spades and the 300lb base probably gets the table that much closer to perfect.
I think a solid cabinet for a Russco with sand or sand and shot would be ideal. Sand is a superb resonance trap.

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Topic - Emt pic of the day - J.D. 15:28:31 04/13/07 (8)

high mass - OMalley 04:59:53 04/15/07 (0)

Re: high mass mounts - user510 20:07:25 04/13/07 (2)

I have been a high mass advocate for years.... - tubesforever 07:11:06 04/14/07 (1)

open letter to 'tubesforever' - J.D. 12:05:45 04/14/07 (0)

interesting excerpt - dean man jim 16:28:01 04/13/07 (2)

Something I heard in Portland Oregon got my attention real fast.... - tubesforever 07:26:39 04/14/07 (1)

tapping - dean man jim 08:41:05 04/14/07 (0)

That is cool. - anumber1 15:56:31 04/13/07 (0)

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Something I heard in Portland Oregon got my attention real fast.... - tubesforever 07:26:39 04/14/07 (1)

tapping - dean man jim 08:41:05 04/14/07 (0)

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