Something like the SP10 mk3 ,This would be my preference :)
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Something like the SP10 mk3 ,This would be my preference :)
I like it, Chris!!
Mike, could you replicate that arrangement? :)
Marco.
The NAS Mentor had an 84lb main platter and had a crude bar type "handle" with solid Allen bolts for lifting and placing - a real problem when the thing was five feet off the ground. Thank heavens the wall it shelved to was made of engineering bricks and almost impossible to drill into at the time...
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q...entorDecca.jpg
Fortunately the Techie doesn't need such a high mass platter .
The excellent motor takes care of that :)
The big holes in the current platter also alow access to adjust the break. I doubt that's intentional as the pcb dust cover is normally in the way, but once that's removed it is quite nice to be able to fine tune the break without having to remove the platter... I imagine with a massier platter that will be of use too... ... Just a passing thought
I asume the break will still stop the new platter? Does it have to be turned up quite high?
I used to have the Mentor Reference (the original), it came with a solid steel base plate which Tom thankfully changed after a couple of years to a wooden base.Quote:
Originally Posted by DSJR
I returned it to Tom a few years ago when I could no longer straight arm lift it!
The Hyperspace is now beginning to seem the same.
So I got a Technics SP-10 for which I am building a heavy plinth - oh dear:lolsign:
Alan
I have added an image of the platter as mounted onto my testbed SL1200.
I would seem from what you say that two threaded holes in th top would be the best approach.
I will do this and post another pic.
Mike
Looking good, what diameter for the platter did you finally decide on?
Cheers:stalks:
The one you see is 300mm. I reasoned, as seems to be the case, that most people will want to use mats of some kind with the new platter so I decided leaving it at 300 would be the better approach. Also as with the label counter bore, I decided to not incorporate this, as a double clearance (on the platter and the mat) could cause problems if using a centre weight.
Hi Mike,
Looks great! :)Quote:
I have added an image of the platter as mounted onto my testbed SL1200.
I would seem from what you say that two threaded holes in th top would be the best approach.
I will do this and post another pic.
Mike
Threaded holes would be ideal... Some sort of lifting devices/hooks which screw into the holes (as shown in the picture on the SP10 Chris posted earlier) would also be good, or make the holes (un-threaded) big enough to get your fingers into....
Incidentally, how would you describe the improvement in sound compared to the old platter (just briefly)?
Marco.