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In Reply to: RE: I've seen you post this before, but posted by CometCKO on April 27, 2012 at 06:29:24
... 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 :-)
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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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