Back when I had vinyl LPs, I had two primary turntables. A nice SME 30 with Infinity Black Widow tonearm and Grado cart, and a Technics SL1200 with their arm and a DJ-spec Stanton. To me, the SL1200 sounded the best and it eventually became my only table. I also had a couple of others along the way including Dual, Phillips and Garrard. But the SL1200 DJ table was always my favorite.
Back when I had vinyl LPs, I had two primary turntables. A nice SME 30 with Infinity Black Widow tonearm and Grado cart, and a Technics SL1200 with their arm and a DJ-spec Stanton. To me, the SL1200 sounded the best and it eventually became my only table. I also had a couple of others along the way including Dual, Phillips and Garrard. But the SL1200 DJ table was always my favorite.
.... one of my long-ago vinyl setups .... ERA turntable (French), Mayware Formula IV tonearm (damped unipivot), cartridges: Sonus Blue / ADC XLM / Supex SD-901e (high-output mc) .... ....
I've never had a linear arm. Had a good buddy with an Eminent Tech air bearing linear arm mounted on a Merrill 'table. Sounded great, but he was constantly fiddling with the arm, the pump, the tubing, valves, pressure, etc. Was never sure if it actually required that much fiddling or whether he was just more OCD than me.
I've never had a linear arm. Had a good buddy with an Eminent Tech air bearing linear arm mounted on a Merrill 'table. Sounded great, but he was constantly fiddling with the arm, the pump, the tubing, valves, pressure, etc. Was never sure if it actually required that much fiddling or whether he was just more OCD than me.
That is blood wood as best I recall, sometimes it is deep red, sometimes yellow and red. That is a chromium Japanese Damascus steel. Regular high carbon steel would rust in the northern Florida South Georgia clime, even while sitting in a drawer. I think through such things. The light wood in the handle is spalted maple, as is the center of the charcuterie board. Sam is a great friend and I tried to make something special.
More bloodwood stripes, IMHO it can be overpowering if too much is used.
Not that I am going to build one but how big of a tube rack would you honestly need? Seriously quartered oak to match your desk would be pretty spiffy.
No big story, just a little mid life crisis I guess with a dose of ocd and sports mem collection. There’s lots of cool stuff just in that photo. 2010 team canada complete team signed goalie mask, or how bout when Gretzky beat Geordie Howe all time point total and signed by Wayne, Gordie, Walter, and Janet Gretzky.
Concerning Maurice Richard that’s his 40 in 40 photo with forum net, but got a few signed Maurice including 1 of 9 sports illustrated sport covers…..oh signed jersey as well. Thank goodness I ran out of wall space….
I've never had a linear arm. Had a good buddy with an Eminent Tech air bearing linear arm mounted on a Merrill 'table. Sounded great, but he was constantly fiddling with the arm, the pump, the tubing, valves, pressure, etc. Was never sure if it actually required that much fiddling or whether he was just more OCD than me.
Thanks, I like to do justice to fine hardwoods. One I will not work with again is lignum vitae. It is pretty but…. it is $500 a cubic foot and it does not take glue well or finish apparently. It also does not float, rot, or burn but self-lubricating properties are the toughest to resolve.
My fellow traveller in high end journeys in the 1990’s had a VPI with the Souther TriQuartz and Koetu Rosewood as his front end. It was extremely nice; every bit the sonic match of my SOTA/SME… it worked very well…. He then fed downstream ARC tube preamp (SP-11 IIRC), thence to a Krell KSA and Martin Logins.
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The light wood in the handle is spalted maple, as is the center of the charcuterie board. Sam is a great friend and I tried to make something special.
