Hello Everyone

[Marco]

Aye one of those babies!

Anyone for a latty, and a brushetta with mozarela and yon crispy roket?

Teara-misuse for afters, of course.

Marco.

[Clive]

If you fancy something in slate then these guys have got custom plinths for Garrards well and truly nailed - not cheap though, but the quality is fantastic. I intend to have my SL-1210 mounted in one later this year (I fancy Granite):

http://www.slatedeck.com/

Marco.

Hi everyone, I thought I'd say hello. There look to be good discussions happening here. Marco I came across your mention of Slatedeck, I've been using a single tier Slatedeck with my 301 for well over a year now. 2 days ago I installed a 2nd lower tier. Here's my assessment:

Even before I ordered my Slatedeck plinth for my 301 I wondered how it would sound with twin tiers. I originally bought a single tier of the "almost square" type, 30mm thickness. I've never looked back or remotely considered wood-based CLD plinths since (which I previously had put a lot of time into). Finally I bit the bullet and bought the 2nd (lower) slate tier for my plinth. The apertures are smaller than with the top layer making it considerably heavier. When leveling the plinth I found that the extra set of 3 adjustable spikes mean that setting up the deck can be achieved even more easily and with greater accuracy. I'd always wanted the 2nd tier, if only for the great looks - it does look good!

Having played a good variation of music now with the twin tier I am very pleased with the results. I didn't know what to expect, possibly results will vary depending on your TT support. I use a 70's Sound Org stand with an over-sized wood top. What immediately struck me were 2 improved aspects;
- the music seems more vivid, everything stands out more or put another way all sounds are more distinct
- images are more fleshed out, especially with significantly better 3D between the speakers, imaging improved more than I thought possible - it was already superb

Once I got over the initial improvements I realised that bass was stronger and deeper - deeper than the mid-Atlantic trench - at least it is with my 15inch subs. Treble has also moved up a notch (quantity and definition) so the sound is still very balanced. Dynamics are better too, particularly rim-shot type of sounds, very snappy indeed.

Before I installed the lower tier I couldn't imagine how the sound would improve or even could improve but it has. The sound now is more vivid than ever, it's a bit like using digital photo software on a picture taken on a dull day and changing the saturation to produce realistic colours and contrast.

cheers,

Clive

[Filterlab]

Hi Clive and welcome.

Glad you're getting good results from your Slatedeck.

[Mike Reed]

Chow, bang beano,

'bout time someone tried to safeguard the purity of the beautiful Italian language. Well done, Marco!

[Marco]

LOL. In the name of 'cult-chur', and as an Italian, it had to be done

Marco.

[Marco]

Hi everyone, I thought I'd say hello. There look to be good discussions happening here. Marco I came across your mention of Slatedeck, I've been using a single tier Slatedeck with my 301 for well over a year now. 2 days ago I installed a 2nd lower tier. Here's my assessment:

Even before I ordered my Slatedeck plinth for my 301 I wondered how it would sound with twin tiers. I originally bought a single tier of the "almost square" type, 30mm thickness. I've never looked back or remotely considered wood-based CLD plinths since (which I previously had put a lot of time into). Finally I bit the bullet and bought the 2nd (lower) slate tier for my plinth. The apertures are smaller than with the top layer making it considerably heavier. When leveling the plinth I found that the extra set of 3 adjustable spikes mean that setting up the deck can be achieved even more easily and with greater accuracy. I'd always wanted the 2nd tier, if only for the great looks - it does look good!

Having played a good variation of music now with the twin tier I am very pleased with the results. I didn't know what to expect, possibly results will vary depending on your TT support. I use a 70's Sound Org stand with an over-sized wood top. What immediately struck me were 2 improved aspects;
- the music seems more vivid, everything stands out more or put another way all sounds are more distinct
- images are more fleshed out, especially with significantly better 3D between the speakers, imaging improved more than I thought possible - it was already superb

Once I got over the initial improvements I realised that bass was stronger and deeper - deeper than the mid-Atlantic trench - at least it is with my 15inch subs. Treble has also moved up a notch (quantity and definition) so the sound is still very balanced. Dynamics are better too, particularly rim-shot type of sounds, very snappy indeed.

Before I installed the lower tier I couldn't imagine how the sound would improve or even could improve but it has. The sound now is more vivid than ever, it's a bit like using digital photo software on a picture taken on a dull day and changing the saturation to produce realistic colours and contrast.

cheers,

Clive

Hi Clive,

Welcome to the forum, and thanks for posting your thoughts on the Slatedeck. I trust Darren's expertise on this and will definitely be getting him to make a plinth for my deck once I've gone through my list of other hi-fi modification priorities. I would imagine it will occur sometime at the end of the year.

I'm currently on 'pre & power amp duty' at the moment, then it will be further Audiocom International modifications to my DAS-R1 DAC, etc

Incidentally, what are the overall dimensions of your 301 in its plinth?

Marco.

[Clive]

Hi Clive,

Welcome to the forum, and thanks for posting your thoughts on the Slatedeck. I trust Darren's expertise on this and will definitely be getting him to make a plinth for my deck once I've gone through my list of other hi-fi modification priorities. I would imagine it will occur sometime at the end of the year.

I'm currently on 'pre & power amp duty' at the moment, then it will be further Audiocom International modifications to my DAS-R1 DAC, etc

Incidentally, what are the overall dimensions of your 301 in its plinth?

Marco.

Hi Marco,

The version I have is 465mm wide by 455mm deep. The pic of the deck is not brilliant but you can see the plinth.

[Marco]

That's very nice turntable, and the plinth looks gorgeous

What arm is that you're using. It looks rather interesting!

Marco.

[Clive]

The arm is a Trans-Fi Terminator. It's an inverted Ladegaard airbearing. It's simply the best I've ever heard....
http://www.trans-fi.com/terminatortonearm.htm