Pictures of our turntables and tonearms

[Iota 1]

Pictures of the turntables and tonearms, any comments would be interesting.

www.iota-audio-design.com

[Wakefield Turntables]

Yep the deck looks nice but what do you want us to comment on? Probably none of us have seen or heard this deck before!!!!!

[hifi_dave]

Should this be in the Trade section ?

[Marco]

Hi Nigel,

Have you paid for a trade account? It's just that I can't find any record of such. If you have, could you advise me of your trading name (on your Paypal account, for example) and how you made payment, via PM, if preferable

Cheers

Marco.

[Iota 1]

For any confusion I may have caused..especially if I put the post in the wrong section... Sorry I'm new here!

I was just looking for a reaction to the looks of the products at this stage, as I had assumed the sound quality might be a bit difficult to asses over the internet !!!!! Although on a light hearted note Andrew as I see you are located in Yorkshire I could turn the system up and bit if you like, and then you can confirm if this sounds as good as you say it looks?

Although you never know I am aware of one case of one well known reviewer who wrote a glowing review of a product, and when the manufacturer got it back it had never been out of the box and the review content turned out to be just their press release copied and pasted.. guess who?

So my reason for the post was I would like to get peoples reaction purely to aesthetics of the products nothing more, and Marco I have sent you a copy of your email confirming our payment.

[Audio Al]

It certainly is a different look at a TT , Not sure extruded alloy is the best option for the plinth ? frame / body of the TT
What type of bearing does it use ?
Interesting arm design , Is it your own make or someone else's ?

More details ARE required re the build / components used
Is it direct drive as I can't see a motor ?

[Marco]

Hi Nigel,

No problem, and sorry for the confusion. It's just when I was checking for your account payment, nothing was showing under "Iota-Audio-Design", but instead under NB

Also, I need to open up a dedicated sub-forum for you under the name of Iota-Audio-Design, so until that's been done, and this thread can be moved into it, we'll leave it here

Marco.

[Wakefield Turntables]

For any confusion I may have caused..especially if I put the post in the wrong section... Sorry I'm new here!

I was just looking for a reaction to the looks of the products at this stage, as I had assumed the sound quality might be a bit difficult to asses over the internet !!!!! Although on a light hearted note Andrew as I see you are located in Yorkshire I could turn the system up and bit if you like, and then you can confirm if this sounds as good as you say it looks?

Although you never know I am aware of one case of one well known reviewer who wrote a glowing review of a product, and when the manufacturer got it back it had never been out of the box and the review content turned out to be just their press release copied and pasted.. guess who?

So my reason for the post was I would like to get peoples reaction purely to aesthetics of the products nothing more, and Marco I have sent you a copy of your email confirming our payment.

Your more than welcome to fetch the deck round to my house if you want. Whilst aesthetics are important it's how the thing sounds. Looks like you've put some thought into vibrations suppression into the platter with external psu and vinration absorption on the arms of the platter. Is the tonearm decoupled?

[struth]

Would prefer it with an S type arm looks wise. Perhaps lose the cork too . Interesting design though

[Iota 1]

Hi Audio Al,

Not sure there is a “best option” for the material for turntable chassis /plinth material, no more than there is an ideal material for a speaker cabinet, as all materials have some problems, but I do agree if extruded alloy was to be used with out due allowance for additional damping and energy control it could create as many problems as it cures.

The extruded aluminium section is stiff strong and relatively light, especially compared to say a solid metal chassis, and it does therefore not store as much energy, whilst its also still capable of providing a clear energy path for unwanted energy and vibration, and as the only options are motion or heat to dissipate vibration that's all kind of important. The sections are essentially hollow so lots of space for the application of damping, and the complicated shape of the section does tend to help especially when this also allows you to attach additional damped structures to it!

Each of the T/T designs use belt drive, and its an AC motor, with our own design of turntable power supply, based upon a design we have been building for many years.

The arm is my own design, and its made in carbon fibre, but Pultruded rather than roll wrapped so immensely stiff and strong along its length. Its obviously square in section externally but internally its round. Once again lots of attention to damping. The tonearm is suspended but also sits on the cone of a control point underneath.