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In Reply to: RE: Tonearm choices for "new" Empire 208: Help?? posted by CometCKO on April 26, 2012 at 11:01:51
This made the biggest sonic difference I can remember, when playing my own Empire 298. The motor cover looks great but does pretty awful things to the sound. Don't remember who told me this but I'm sure glad he did.
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But that is good advice if you have the stock Empire plinth....
Thanks Dave! But when I tried it, I didn't really notice any difference. Maybe I just have tin ears. And maybe it will show up big-time when I get back to playing with my hopefully more resolving, newly re-built Empire?
What was the nature of the improvement that you noted? Maybe I'm listening for the wrong things? It is certainly easy enough to set the cover aside. But really, I listened and didn't hear anything. The noise floor didn't change, and I did not note any differences when playing a few LP's either. Yet you noted a huge difference, which I believe you did, especially since you've been very good about sharing this with other Empire owners. So obviously you found something important. Mystifying!
But thank you for the tip!
Frank
"Knowing what you don't know is, in a sense, omniscience"
... Pierre Sprey (Mapleshade) visiting me one evening to hear some then-new SET amps in my system, who spotted my Empire and asked if I took the motor cover off when playing it. I use this TT to play mostly 78s and mono 33s. He quickly demonstrated the difference -- cover on, off, on, off. It was clear that the cover (he called it a resonance sink) added a layer of grunge that I hadn't really noticed before. His demo made it very obvious. It's not a night-and-day thing, but quite evident, to me at least and my ears are really ancient, once you focus on it. I guess I should append the usual YMMV, IMHO, etc :-)
Pierre has quite a reputation as a boat-rocker in the audio world. He certainly brought respectability back to HH Scott tube amps, and thin wires. I don't agree with many of his ideas, but he does force one to think and listen objectively (listen with your ears, not your head).
Good stuff!
Thanks!
"Knowing what you don't know is, in a sense, omniscience"
If you decide to go with a 12" arm, I may be able to help. . .
But I kept the same plinth footprint as the original, so it would be difficult to fit (see the posts below from dancingseamonkey to see one approach).
Thanks for the thought tho!
"Knowing what you don't know is, in a sense, omniscience"
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