Calling all SL-1200/1210 owners!

[chris@panteg]

Over on the Timestep site , Dave has announced a new platter for the Techy , i thought folk on here might be interested !

It appears to be quite a different approach , very little detail so far though but the choice of material could be interesting .

[colinB]

Did i read last week of a AOS member getting a platter upgrade by Vantage audio or am i imagining it

[kininigin]

Did i read last week of a AOS member getting a platter upgrade by Vantage audio or am i imagining it

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=10750 post 14 onwards colin

[colinB]

Thanks Darren.

[Marco]

Over on the Timestep site , Dave has announced a new platter for the Techy , i thought folk on here might be interested !

I'll pop over for a giggle at what pish he's came up with this time. Hey, it might even be as 'good' as his bearing - now imagine that!!

It appears to be quite a different approach , very little detail so far though but the choice of material could be interesting .

A familiar tactic by Mr Cawley... Create a smoke screen and be as vague as possible, just in case someone who knows what they're talking about quizzes him on something he can't answer!

Marco.

[Wakefield Turntables]

I noticed the platter advert as well. I must admit that DC is extremely vague and to be honest this actually puts me off wanting to buy anything from him (not that I would anyway).

[chris@panteg]

I noticed the platter advert as well. I must admit that DC is extremely vague and to be honest this actually puts me off wanting to buy anything from him (not that I would anyway).

I wish he would give a straight answer , with it some detail and perhaps the thinking behind any major modification to the SL1200 , as more and more we are seeing these changes , which are far removed from the original design ! Which seem to suggest the guy's that designed this TT didn't do a very good job and that these day's we know better

[Wakefield Turntables]

I wish he would give a straight answer , with it some detail and perhaps the thinking behind any major modification to the SL1200 , as more and more we are seeing these changes , which are far removed from the original design ! Which seem to suggest the guy's that designed this TT didn't do a very good job and that these day's we know better

David Price of HiFi World made a similar comment regarding his unmodified Yamaha speaker the NS1000's, in that they put considerable effort, funds and brain power into designing the speakers. No it seems that anyone in a shed can produce something that is infinitely better. Now dont get me wrong I bought a lot of mods for the 1210 of mike new but after you've spoken to the guy you do realise that he really DOES understand the 1210 . At least Mike answers any question thats thrown at him, and usually with a very informative answer.

[MCRU]

Well if I was launching a new product (which I am actually) I would not want to give the game away until it was ready, surely that makes sense? DC, MN, Vantage, KAB and others all have their own take on what it takes to make the SL1200/1210 truly wonderful, IMHO the bearing/psu/platter are mere pieces in a complicated jigsaw that we will still be debating over when we are 90 (that is 42 years from now for me).

I know this forum is heavily biased towards the Techy and I applaud that, could it possibly be that DC reads this forum and knows it's members and if he let the cat out of the bag prematurely it would harm future sales of his platter, I bet! After all it cannot possibly be better than Mike's can it...

Vantage have a platter up-grade as do the outfit in the US, both involve adding another material to the stock platter, I suspect DC's is the same as machining a new platter from scratch would involve lots of hidden costs, personally I am now listening to flacs for a while until I get bored with that, my JR pre-amp is away for repairs so until it returns its flacs for now.

[Marco]

You make valid points, David.

However, Dave C's always been 'Captain Vague', and he always will be. He specialises in it, and so has vagueness down to a fine art for his own 'particular' reasons!

Marco.