Location: Manila
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I'm Frederick.
Having listened to several incarnations of the above, I would say it's like comparing a carpenter to a chippy. Both work very skillfully with wood, but you wouldn't ask one to put up roof rafters and the other to build a chipendale cabinet. I am more an ornate kind of person, therfore I favour the Orb rather than the Disco Dance Master. That been said, when it comes to electronic music, the Techies leave most TTs standing.
I have owned an Orbe and a couple of years ago a Gyro SE and they both suffered from a marked speed wobble and not only that but the speed changed after it had warmed up, but I am very susceptible to speed fluctuations, even a record hold slightly off centre I find annoying.
My System:
Turntable - Linn Sondek LP12, Kore, Lingo 4, Roksan NIMA, Lyra Delos Cartridge, Roksan HDC-03 arm lead, Trampolin 2 base, Tiger Paw Vulcan, Denon DCD-A110 Cd player, Tag Mclaren DAC20 Digital to Analogue Converter, SPM Interconnects, Nordost Red Dawn Leif Speaker cable, Spendor S3/5R2 Target R1 speaker Stands, Atacama ECO 60/40 hifi racks, Sennheiser HD565 Ovation headphones
Interesting thread. Never thought that the Orbe/Gyro would have been so prone to wobble. Even more so than a Linn, apparently. One would have thought the Orbe's massive platter would have helped to make it outstanding in that regard. Apparently not. Guess you can't tell by looking. Very interesting.
Main system: Lenco L75, Thorens TD-125, Technics SL1700, ReVox A77 two-track 15 ips, Sony PS-1, Dell laptop, mxr, eq, Audio-Research LS-3, UREI 6150, DIY two-way speakers with Altec 802/811 & Goodmans 18” midwoofers.
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I've owned some really good belt drive decks, Linn LP12 Voyd and Roksan but now I've got my 1210 sounding the way I want it, there is no going back to belt drive for me.
Last tweak was the Oyaide BR-12 mat and the icing on the cake sonically.
Never thought when I first got my 1210 mk2 it could sound this good, very happy chappy.
Chris
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