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    Hi Alan, have you tried one of these? ISOLATE IT SORBOTHANE HI-FI AUDIOPHILE GRADE 3 mm TURNTABLE MAT, they are supposed to be very good, it will give you direct contact with the vinyl, use a good record weight with it to ensure good contact, you should find even more bass control.
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  2. #562
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    Looks great and glad you can hear the benefits. Looking forward to hearing how it works on the Orbe
    Main system:
    Analogue.
    Michell Orbe with arm decoupling kit & Pete's Pylons. SME V arm, Denon DL103M (FGS), Firebottle OPT MKII phono amp
    Technic SP-10 in Obsidian plinth, AT1010 PMAC v8b arm, Goldring Elite MC Cart and BB3 Phono Amp
    Leak Lenco GL75 with Ortofon OM10 cartridge
    Technics RS-BX404 Cassette Deck
    Network Player.
    Raspberry PI plus R2-R DAC (also used as a CD player) plus Pi NAS Server
    Digital.
    Philips DCC 730 player
    Marantz CD50SE
    Amp.
    Audiolab 8000A
    Speakers.
    Reiver Jenna floor standers
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    Sennheiser HD545 Ref, HD600, HD477

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    Quote Originally Posted by mad-moon View Post
    Managed to snag me an acrylic platter..I was shocked by the physical weight of the thing when it arrived in the post...what a lump..I thought it was my birthday. I eagerly opened the box and behold a thing of beauty.
    I wasted no time at all and set my turntable away, after I'd warmed up my gear. I listened to three Lp's with the original platter and no surprise they sounded great, my deck has already had extensive upgrades, and to my ears, this was going to take something special to better the sound..

    I stripped the original platter off and put on the new platter, which took very little time, first let me say the platter is beautifully machined and is an exceptionally nice snug fit. I put the anniversary mat on and tried the first LP..Queen II.. Immediately on first impression, the Stereo immage is brilliant and the soundstage is astounding. The bass being reproduced is snapping into place, the music is fast, very musical and tuneful..It was before with the original platter, but this lump is bringing more out of the vinyl..I had to keep playing parts of tracks over and over again, as I was hearing stuff not heard before...a guitar here a drum beat/cymbal there ..this is probably because the image is placing the instruments far better..Dire Straits is superb as is Aha..The Aha LP is the fastest I've heard the music in my system..It's a very busy album too as they do a lot of mixing/tracking on there Lp's..all in all a much nicer listening experience altogether..i confess, I love the look of the original platter with those lovely brass weights hanging down, which are mesmerising, when you watch them, but I love the sound of this platter..which is one solid piece of acrylic,with just enough room to fit over the bearing housing..I've also been able to remove some of the isolation from under the deck, as it was overkill, the platter has superb damping.. I'm a happy bunny and pleased I was able to get my hands on this marvelous piece of acrylic...I can recommend this with no fear...contact Truepoint Audio for more details...I'm glad I did...



    Why didn't you just get an Orbe platter from Michell?

  4. #564
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    Quote Originally Posted by User211 View Post
    Why didn't you just get an Orbe platter from Michell?
    No thanks...I'll stick with the solid piece of acrylic
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    the acrylic platters were made because it is solid 48mm when completed in thickness, and NOT like the michell orbe doughnut , with a large hole in the center that means the platter is reduced from 60mm to 20mm, also we were told over years that the Michell Platters were as close to vinyl as possible , but now they have to be impedance matched ??? , the acrylic platters are machined from a solid block , this also means their is a choice in the market place, you have the opportunity to buy a product that is solid or one that is glued and melted together and machined , like the suspension , the PSU , and the Armboards there are now choices, some people will always want to know why you did not go to michell, but also cannot answer what is impedance matching ,and why all of a sudden the old platter which is supposed to be as close to Vinyl as possible now needs to be upgraded , with one with a piece of cork to hide the new way they have been machined,

    there is a trick to the oil i have been using on my odyssey, i mixed the zx1 with SYNTHETIC SILICONE GREASE WITH TEFLON,50g TIN 2HT PLASTIC SAFE LOW FRICTION, it makes a Vaseline type lubricant , that ends up thin enough to go up the hole, but still lubricates the bearing , i also used to pack the rear of the bearing ball in the cone part , to act like a vibration absorbent , it seems to make the bearing a lot quieter , although it is very quiet now, i know of several people who are trying this , the bearing no longer starts up dry ,
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    Quote Originally Posted by gwernaffield View Post
    ....... Delrin is used for making all kinds of stuff including gears also delrin balls are grade one the highest grade you can get for roundness and smoothness, the ceramic balls are grade 5 , the steel balls are normaly grade 10 , unless it is aspecial order and 4 times the cost of grade 10 .......
    Just need to make a slight correction here, Delrin balls are graded in thousandths of an inch, so a grade 1 ball is round to within 1 thou, which is approximately 25 microns. Ceramic balls, certainly silicon nitride ones, are graded in microns so a grade 3 ball is round within 3 microns.

  7. #567
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    you are welcome it also depends on what you are willing to pay ,, https://theppb.co.uk
    the way the bearing ball works is just to sit in the cone part of the bearing , and not rotate in the cone , it is only a pinpoint bearing , so only rotates on the smallest point , and Not to fully rotate like a bearing in a housing , the contact area is microns, if any wear occurs it will save the top of the shaft , if a torlon or delrin beaing is used, if the grade is grade 10 it would not matter , the bearing ball Never fully rotates in the cone it self,, the oil only laps the very bottom of the bearing , it is the same for the bearing balls used in the suspension , it is a pin point contact ,that is needed,.
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  8. #568
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    Received the acrylic platter today to try on the Orbe so thanks Pete.

    Underneath you can see the difference:

    Main system:
    Analogue.
    Michell Orbe with arm decoupling kit & Pete's Pylons. SME V arm, Denon DL103M (FGS), Firebottle OPT MKII phono amp
    Technic SP-10 in Obsidian plinth, AT1010 PMAC v8b arm, Goldring Elite MC Cart and BB3 Phono Amp
    Leak Lenco GL75 with Ortofon OM10 cartridge
    Technics RS-BX404 Cassette Deck
    Network Player.
    Raspberry PI plus R2-R DAC (also used as a CD player) plus Pi NAS Server
    Digital.
    Philips DCC 730 player
    Marantz CD50SE
    Amp.
    Audiolab 8000A
    Speakers.
    Reiver Jenna floor standers
    HeadPhones.
    Sennheiser HD545 Ref, HD600, HD477

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    Click on the image to watch the all new Disco Gyrodec...

    20200717_223853_54704266023141 by Alan Moon, on Flickr
    Last edited by mad-moon; 18-07-2020 at 00:40.
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