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In Reply to: I didn't give up easily. posted by Dave Pogue on August 2, 2007 at 09:11:52:
You're obviously in Lenco heaven & unfortunately I have not heard a Lenco so I don't have that religion. But as you know from replinthing the Lenco, the original manufacturer's design may be just a starting point & perhaps some of the manufacturer's original design choices have more to do with ease-of-use, repeatability of results, and marketability, rather than absolute performance.
In the case of the TNT, the stretchy rubber belt around the platter must go. But it is not possible to get proper traction on a thread or dental floss without the increased surface area of the large-circumference pulley of the TNT flywheel, and also discarding the 3-pulley system that surrounds the platter. The TT also benefits from replacing the sprung suspension with a rigid mounting coupled to separate plinths for each suspension tower, motor, & flywheel. I used hard maple inside the stock elephant feet & a cut-up plinth top on a sandbox. Finally, for decoupling I elevated the sandbox on industrial springs. As a result of these changes (none of which are on the bona fide factory upgrade path) you would not recognize this TT as VPI "house sound." The total cost of all these mods was less than $200.
Having eliminated some of vagarities of the TNT design, I will eventually put a Teres Verus on this TT & see how much of a limiting factor the VPI motor really is. The Verus may just convince some people that it's simple & worthwhile to tamper with existing designs instead of throwing equipment up for sale on the Audiogon merry-go-round.
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Follow Ups
- RE: TNT Tweaks & Verus - Dave Garretson 10:53:41 08/02/07 (2)
- Well, one thing is clear. - Dave Pogue 11:20:16 08/02/07 (1)
- Indubitably - Dave Garretson 11:53:20 08/02/07 (0)
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