Re: You cannot go wrong as long as you stay modular.

Posted by subunabom (A) on May 8, 2007 at 10:34:42

In Reply to: You cannot go wrong as long as you stay modular. posted by tubesforever on May 8, 2007 at 00:31:47:

thank you for your kind offer, i may take you up on that. The bearing on my GH platter looks very clean, but the bearing on the platter from the b12H has a small center dimple where it makes contact with the ball. I see you had that problem too with one of your rok's.

this week I'm trying to quiet down the idler wheels- the older table has a metal idler wheel, thats the table I currrently have the rega arm mounted on. sounds great though there is a barely perceptable 'whump whump' from a small indentation in the rubber; probably the wheel was parked against the motor spindle for a couple decades. honestly, I could live with it, you cannot hear it while music is playing, but would be nice to zap it. the GH table is a little bit noisier while it spins than the older b12H table. (the GH has the papst motor, the H has an ashland motor), some noise on the GH seems to come from what sounds like a whirring air rush from the motor flywheel, but the more offensive noise is from the spinning of the idler wheel itself. the idler wheel on the GH has a plastic core. I've got it soaking in simple green right now, but I guess the best thing to do is get both these wheels retreaded and see how they sound. maybe the rubber is just too old/hardended

I don't yet know what the GH table sounds like as I haven't mounted an arm and listened to it yet. My plan is to build out the better sounding of the two for lp's and use the other one for 78's. but just by running the B12H in its junky old stock rok plinth, already my td126 and rega tables are retired with no hesitation... I'm still surprised how completely different (and better to my ears) this arm/cartridge sounds on the rok compared to the rega table. its not a subtle difference.

regards,
Paul

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Topic - rek-o-kut nirvana? - subunabom 13:17:06 05/06/07 (14)

it was interesting - subunabom 15:32:00 05/07/07 (3)

You cannot go wrong as long as you stay modular. - tubesforever 00:31:47 05/08/07 (2)

Re: You cannot go wrong as long as you stay modular. - subunabom 10:34:42 05/08/07 (1)

The tires are extremely important. as are the rubber vibration isolation pieces.... - tubesforever 12:40:51 05/08/07 (0)

and i turned down a $10 Presto rim drive saturday! - centaurus3200 11:42:17 05/07/07 (0)

Re: rek-o-kut nirvana? - jweiss 19:53:57 05/06/07 (2)

Listen to Jonathan. He's pretty smart. ;) (nt) - mosin 19:59:55 05/06/07 (1)

Listen to Mosin, who listens to Jonathan.... - tubesforever 22:58:28 05/06/07 (0)

You'll end up with a Technics :) - RobertG 17:04:54 05/06/07 (3)

The stock Rek O Kut will sound mid fi at best. - tubesforever 23:07:13 05/06/07 (0)

Re: You'll end up with a Technics :) - subunabom 18:10:56 05/06/07 (1)

i found an SP10mk2 for $25! - centaurus3200 11:34:23 05/07/07 (0)

Alright!! - manfred88 14:01:50 05/06/07 (1)

The Technics direct drives can be pretty tasty.... - tubesforever 23:11:04 05/06/07 (0)

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Re: You cannot go wrong as long as you stay modular. - subunabom 10:34:42 05/08/07 (1)

The tires are extremely important. as are the rubber vibration isolation pieces.... - tubesforever 12:40:51 05/08/07 (0)

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