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

[Marco]

Hi Trey,

This is timely reading for me. I have ordered a copper mat from TTWeights in Canada (they make mats for the 1200 series and the SP-10s), and an Applied Fidelity bearing for my 1200, and am looking forward to doing some comparison listening

Que? Never heard of it - tell us more!

Marco.

[Marco]

You mean Disco HiFi dave I hope

Lol - I was talking about Dave Hewitt, matey, a mutual friend of Ian and mine (known as 'Disco Dave' for his penchant for doing a wee boogie-woogie when listeing to tunes on big Tannoys that he's too tight to buy, haha)..... There are too many Dave's on here - bloody common as muck, you lot!

Marco.

[Dave Hewitt]

Marco you should get out and try some beer mats.
Disco Dave.

[Marco]

Yesh, I think this one would probably BLOW you away:







Marco.

[pure sound]

These people?

http://www.appliedfidelity.com/

[Marco]

Cheers, Guy. Interesting... It shows how much modding the Techie is catching on!

I don't think Mike's got too much to worry about with those products though

Marco.

[Spectral Morn]

The bearing and solid black mat look interesting but no pricing


Marco I mean't use the Herbies on top of the Technics platter with copper or Oyaide or other hard mats on top....sorry for not being clearer with my question.


Regards D S D L

[Spectral Morn]

Dalek,
I think you are somewhat incorrect in your assumption here.
Vaseline or a good quality silicone grease is an excellent way to "connect the two surfaces". The grease forms an excellent vacuum seal between the two surfaces.
The effective atmospheric pressure (at sea level) is equivalent to about 14.7lbs/sq-inch; thus the effective pressure holding the two surfaces together is about 1,665lbs weight!! Properly applied the grease will not tend to migrate anywhere. It also takes up any deviation in flatness between the two surfaces.

I have use it with excellent results on my TT weights copper mat and alluminium Platter.
The problem is that it is damn difficult to remove the mat after a few months because of the amount of suction, as the two surfaces progressively bed down!!!!

Interesting.....



Regards D S D L

[chris@panteg]

I think that 's Jim Howard ? he got into a right old argument with Dave Cawley over on the VE about his bearing mod being as good as Mike new's or Dave's bearing mod .

The thing is he was prepared to back it up with some high quality rips ! and i can't argue with that , also all his customer's say its superb .

Marco ' i don't know if you are aware but Richard of Vantage audio also has bearing and platter upgrades for the 1200/1210 ! around £140 ish for the platter and similar for the bearing , but i don't know yet what exactly he does but i will ask in my next email , (he's sorting out my other deck).

[Marco]

Hi Neil,

Marco I mean't use the Herbies on top of the Technics platter with copper or Oyaide or other hard mats on top....sorry for not being clearer with my question.

Cool - but there's no point now, dude, as the Techie platter (for me) is no longer in the equation, and so now the tests in that respect are over, I may as well use it as a Frisbee!

Marco.