Mike New platter, Oyaide MJ-12 mat & STB-MS stabiliser arrive at Marco Towers...

[Marco]

{Posts here relating to the MN platter and Oyaide were moved from an earlier off-topic discussion in S.O.G: http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...025#post165025 }

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The Oyaide mat and clamp have now arrived, and my customised Mike New platter has now left Sydney....

Full report on all three soon (and also the copper mat) in a separate thread in Analogue Art, so don't miss it folks!

Marco.

[MCRU]

Marco,
I would be interested to hear what a Delrin clamp sounds like instead of Aluminium, I used Pulsar Points in my system for years and when I read about the developments in resonance control over the years (and being a rubber and plastics engineer for 20 years) I started experimenting with Acetal (Delrin) instead of aluminium for equipment supports and on my system acetal sounded better, I have 2 record weights/clamps on the drawing board to be made in acetal at the moment and will send you a prototype when they are done.

I put 3 acetal supports under my Lenco and am listening to see what the effects are compared to the points which I previously used.

[Marco]

Hi David,

Cheers. I'll look forward to that, mate!

Meanwhile, here's a pic of the Oyaide mat and record weight in situ:





Doing its job nicely on the Techie (with a DL-103 on an Ortofon LH-9000 magnesium & carbon fibre headshell and Jelco SA-750D tonearm):





Copper mat with Bruil record weight:





A selection of some of the best cartridges known to man (left to right - Ortofon SPU Classic GM, Decca London Gold, EMT TSD-15):





Tomorrow my Mike New platter will arrive, and then the fun begins..... May the best man, erm, mat - erm, platter, win!!

Marco.

[Barry]

Hi David,

Cheers. I'll look forward to that, mate!

Meanwhile, here's a pic of the Oyaide mat and record weight in situ:





Doing its job nicely on the Techie (with a DL-103 on an Ortofon LH-9000 magnesium/carbon fibre headshell and Jelco SA-750D tonearm):





Copper mat with Bruil record weight:





A selection of some of the best cartridges known to man (left to right - Ortofon SPU Classic GM, Decca London Gold, EMT TSD-15):





Tomorrow my Mike New platter will arrive, and then the fun begins..... May the best man, erm, mat, erm, platter, win!!

Marco.

Wahay Marco - whereforth thou cometh the digital camera?

Regards

[Marco]

Hi Barry,

I decided to move (ever so slightly) into the 21st century!

You likey?

Marco.

[MCRU]

The Oyaide mat and weight does look quite impressive, pity you have to cover it up with a record mate! This forum is quite fun isn't it, pity it took me so long to find it, missed out on an SL1200 today for £100, my TT hoarding days are back, vinyl is dead, long live vinyl!

[MCRU]

Marco,
Seems your obsession knows no bounds and I for one applaud you, there are some serious omissions from your analogue armory I think, unless you know different mate?

[Reid Malenfant]

The Oyaide mat and weight does look quite impressive

It looks like a Harley Davidson V-Rod brake disc

Nice, but my brain tells me a copper mat should be better due to it's softer nature & more natural damping. Annealed copper should improve things still further but only time will tell

Yep, that's one pretty mat & the record weight just looks the dogs danglies, though why they should be attractive i have no idea

[MartinT]

Nice pics, Marco, well done for finally obtaining a decent digital camera

[Marco]

Hi David,

Cheers. Yes, you could say I like to dot all the i's and cross the t's!

Marco,
Seems your obsession knows no bounds and I for one applaud you, there are some serious omissions from your analogue armory I think, unless you know different mate?

No doubt the Oyaide headshell and leads are superb, but the Denon DL-103 needs the extra mass of the Ortofon (16.8g) for optimum sonic performance. The Oyaide is quite a bit lighter.

I may buy one though for another cartridge I'm thinking of trying which doesn't need as much mass

Marco.