Get yer Turntables out for the lads Competition

[Alex_UK]

Hi Richard,
I really like your Garrard on a thick solid block of wood, hence I am thinking to do the same for my Lenco as well.

Hope Richard won't mind me chiming in - but it's not actually a thick block of wood but ply with a veneer top - could be one solid block though if you wanted - made by this chap - Russ Collinson: http://www.layers-of-beauty.co.uk/page8.php - rapidly making a bit of a name for himself in plinths.

[hifi_dave]

I've got a solid Russ plinth on it's way for my Thorens TD 124 and I'm just pondering whether to house my Garrard 301 or Goldring G99 next. In a Russ plinth of course.

If only I had the skill to post pics..

Or, maybe when Alex and DSJR next visit..

[kcc123]

Hi Alex,

Thank you for your link! A custom plinth must be very expensive and costs more than my Lenco.

[kcc123]

My other turntable with three arms, though not as flashy as the Technics.

[Alex_UK]

If only I had the skill to post pics..

Or, maybe when Alex and DSJR next visit..

Absolutely Dave, no problem.

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

My Pioneer PL-71 with Ortofon SPU gold



My rebuilt by Dominic Harper Garrard 401



My Pioneer 12 incher to go with it.

[Slippershod]

My other turntable with three arms, though not as flashy as the Technics.

oh boy, King - that's cool. I was going to have Russ Collinson do a plinth for me like that to house one of the Denon 'flying saucers' (but the deck didn't make it from Germany safely...).
First pic would win the competition for me! (btw, is that the AT1120 tonearm? What cartridge is that on it if so ... ?)

[MCRU]

Competition closed, 1 late entry allowed from Dr Bunsen Honeydew, please give me a few days to deliberate and conjutate, keep the thread alive with pictures and TT chat by all means.

[MartinT]

conjutate

Sounds painful

[Gromit]

Hope Richard won't mind me chiming in - but it's not actually a thick block of wood but ply with a veneer top - could be one solid block though if you wanted - made by this chap - Russ Collinson: http://www.layers-of-beauty.co.uk/page8.php - rapidly making a bit of a name for himself in plinths.

Spot on Alex.

Yup - my 401's plinth is about 1.5" thick ply with the maple top veneer. It's not an especially heavy plinth (certainly not compared to one made from solid wood) but its is extremely rigid and the wood, being so dense, is a total bar-steward to drill through - as I found out when drilling a slot in the rear to feed the arm's phono leads through.

It's sat on a pair of Ikea Corras boards, separated by a half squash ball in each corner, between each board. This has quietened the deck down to a level where it's virtually silent, mechanically.