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Cream colored strobe-platter Garrard 301 in what appears to be a baltic-birch stacked-ply plinth.
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I like the plinth the motor-unit sits on quite a bit. Simple and elegant shape. Baltic Birch multi-ply, apparently.The base stand seems like a good idea but could be a bit "tippy" on a suspended floor. Looks like a high center of gravity affair. I suppose if you fill the hollow box with sand or something heavy you can bring that center down to a lower level and stabilize the whole thing quite a bit. Faux marble laminate outer, I'm guessing.
Hi Steve,Agree, with regard to the plinth. Agree especially on the pedestal, re the " tippy " analysis. But I'm not sure that filling a big hollow box with something heavy like sand goes a long way toward a fix.
Even with Beltdrives (and their small motor & 'ahem' mid-drive-train compliance) the idea of Taller-than-it-is-wide just doesn't suit a very heavy machine that revolves it's heaviest part.
At the risk of being doctrinaire, and especially for Idlers (which add a heavy, high-torque motor to the above top-heavy mix) it seems to me that Wider-than-it-is-tall is hard to argue with in terms of table, plinth, shelf and support.
And notwithstanding a back-breaking low-to-the-floor turntable position, that almost always points to wallshelf, or at least a low & wide rack .....
Without too much of a stretch, comparison of the "ride" of a wide, low Lamborghini to that of, say, a Greyhound Bus ---supports the idea. Okay, that is something of a stretch, but that's the cartoon version of the discussion here, so it's gotta be true.
J.
in relation to the plinth?I've never had one and am curious. Is it all solid, IE rigid?
That, of course, is the big question.The less movement you have, the better condition your motor and drive-train components are in, so the less vibration to get rid of.....
But.If you are asking is the 301 mounted solidly to the plinth, the answer is yes, and generally no compliance between the two is wanted. The whole Garrard 301 renaissance is based on direct-coupling the chassis to a massive, layered plinth that can solidly "sink" vibrations without reflecting them back toward the transducer.
If you are asking is the motor mounted solidly to the 301 chassis, the answer is that it's suspended by a six-point suspension which is meant to absorb the audio-band vibration before it transfers outwardly.
So any vibration that isn't absorbed by the motor suspension is ---hopefully --- rigidly coupled to the plinth and transferred / absorbed from there.
Sounds more neanderthal on paper than it ends up ... sounding.
perched on ... marble? A hollow marble column?is that an energy vault?
Sand, lead shot, combination of above?Should be awesome if it is sitting on a slab!
nt
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