If you enjoy the “art” of turntables and tonearms go for many. I did that at one time and had 4 TT’s and 5 tonearms. I enjoyed the mechanisms of different arms and experiencing the sound differences of different turntables. But later I scaled down to one TT with two arms for my main system. One with a stereo cart and the other with mono. I play a lot of mono Jazz lp’s and love the way it sounds on my mono setup. Have fun
One turntable with two arms, or two turntables with one each - which would you prefer?
Which would you prefer, if budget allowed: one turntable with two tonearms or two turntables with one each? What would your decision criteria be?
And the corollary: one phono preamp with multiple inputs or two phono preamps?
Assume a fixed budget, but for the purposes of this question, the budget is up to the responder. Admittedly for this type of setup, there will be a sizeable investment once all components of the chain are factored in.
I'm curious to hear how people would decide for themselves the answer to this question. Or maybe you've already made this decision - what do you like about your decision or what would you differently next time?
Cheers.
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e@best-groove The TT 801 is one of the TT's I feel extremely confident would benefit from a Densified Wood Plinth, this material lends itself to Bespoke Design as well. If not commenced with the purchasing of materials for your project, the D'fied Wood is a material worthy of investigating for its properties for this type of application.
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@pindac I have original CL-P3D plinth that I would like to use; in the future I will always have time to use diy plinths for the other Victor TT's I own that have remained on standby for the little time I have to dedicate to them. |
@pindac I use Panzerholz quite a bit. My DIY air bearing turntable uses a platter board made of Pz topped with carbon composite. Dead as a tomb - and quite unnecessary as the air bearing produces no noise whatsoever (it’s air in all 3 dimensions). So that was an unnecessary expense but it looks pretty fine. The motor board is where a massive slab of Pz really makes a difference. It’s one of several measures to reduce motor noise, and that is down to the noise of the sleeve bearings in a low power precision motor. I've tested that and can demonstrate. I also use Pz in my DIY air bearing tonearm wand. The cartridge has a very low compliance and couples nicely with a heavy, resonance-resisting wand. What works best is to have the Pz layers perpendicular to the axis of the wand, so that there are hundreds of birch / phenolic boundaries between the stylus and the air bushing. DIY forever! |
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