Sony TTS-8000 Turntable

[YNWaN]

I take it you don’t need a routing template making any more then?

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My experience is that armboard material and construction are at least as important as general plinth material. However, I’m less impressed by the concept of separate arm pods.

[DiveDeepDog]

Glad to see you're still enjoying the Sony, Jamie. A 110v model came up for sale recently near Lakenheath I think. Bit pricey considering it was missing plinth and cover. Perhaps you can pass on the old ones when you're done creating a new work of art.

Mint in box and still smells brand new. Don't think it'd ever played a record. Worth every penny...

IMG_5353 by mark leatherland, on Flickr

[Bigman80]

Mint in box and still smells brand new. Don't think it'd ever played a record. Worth every penny...

IMG_5353 by mark leatherland, on Flickr

Wow. Looks fantastic!

[karma67]

I take it you don’t need a routing template making any more then?

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My experience is that armboard material and construction are at least as important as general plinth material. However, I’m less impressed by the concept of separate arm pods.

sorry mark i should have let you know.
regarding arm boards and plinths is it better to have the armboard of a different damping factor,ie to act as a barrier for any vibration coming from the motor and flowing into the plinth? my limited knowledge says yes.

[karma67]

Mint in box and still smells brand new. Don't think it'd ever played a record. Worth every penny...

IMG_5353 by mark leatherland, on Flickr

very nice mate,i thought these were bloody rare? everbodys getting them now lol

[RobbieGong]

very nice mate,i thought these were bloody rare? everbodys getting them now lol

Ha ha, that's AOS for ya

[DiveDeepDog]

I like to see what the fuss is all about myself, I've recently built an SP10 and didn't think enough to buy one myself then the TTS popped up.
Plinth is WIP, Beech multiplex, Bentonite resin core with Corian arm board I still prefer Garrard

[karma67]

ah Bentonite is something ive been looking into lately,what do you think if used in conjuction with panzerholz? of course you could always through some chips of lead into the resin mix if you like

[DiveDeepDog]

I forgot, I had a couple of kilo's of lead shot, thew that in too

I found the Bentonite/resin fairly easy, I may do another with 3mm ply skin and see what that does? It was accident, I only had 2 pieces of Multiplex left, the lower 2 layers were rings off the top 2 so I had a void to fill.

The Sony's so quiet and vibration free (compared to Garrard) I'm not convinced it needs much beyond a stable platform. Differences we're hearing are more to do with arm mounting .*


*1st go, I've got some alternative mounting options I've got to try, motor unit currently on stand-offs not touching the Corian, I may change my mind...

[JohnG]

I am intending towards the end of this year to put my rebuilt SP10 mounted in the supplied non standard plinth ,
TTS 8000 mounted in a non standard plinth (material to be selected ), GL75 fully overhauled and mounted in a Custom Plinth and a PTP Solid 9 with upgraded bearing, all under the scrutiny of a few different ears.
All will have a Tenuto used at the time of audition, and I will use the same support for each audition.
My experience tells me, that different supports/attenuation favor different devices, but the use of a standard support across the auditions, will be required to attain as much comparison info as possible.
I am intending on using the PMAT-1010 on all the TT's.
It will be a challenge, but if prepared for correctly, only the GL75, will be the worst candidate to exchange a Tonearm on, as the other three TT's will be prepped in advance to receive the PMAT-1010.
It should be a interesting day of renovated DD's vs Idler Drives.
I have heard the direct comparisons of the two designs on a few occasions, admittedly not with both sharing the same Tonearm, Cartridge and Equipment Support. The outcome to date is that I am not of total preference for either, but the strengths of the DD have won me over and I am now using DD TT's in the system as well as Idler. The idea of a showdown using like for like conditions during the replays should prove more revealing of the differences between the SQ's and strengths/weaknesses of each, as I am sure one vs the other will put forward different attractor/detractor moments .