Mike
Do the inserts pass through to the underside of the Platter or are they just surface mounted?
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Mike
Do the inserts pass through to the underside of the Platter or are they just surface mounted?
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Marco,Originally Posted by Marco
Just as subjective as your comment! But that's what forums are for
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Mike
It does appear that you are in the horizontal part of the curve, and at this point preferences for one platter material over another, are likely more about tuning for one's particular system and taste rather than the superiority of one platter vs. the other.
Based on your description of the different sonic signature of the new composite platter, that is a direction I don't want to go sonically, so I am perfectly happy to stick with your baseline platter.
[Just my opinion]
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Hi Pete,
Absolutely on both counts. In terms of design aesthetics, I'll always favour simplicity and understatement over anything which 'shouts' at you too muchJust as subjective as your comment! But that's what forums are for.
This isn't about any notion that one platter is 'superior' to another, but rather achieving SYNERGY within one's own T/T and systemIt does appear that you are in the horizontal part of the curve, and at this point preferences for one platter material over another, are likely more about tuning for one's particular system and taste rather than the superiority of one platter vs. the other.
Marco.
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Marco,
I knew we where on the same page
Just offering some babble to highlight the point.
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Yup - the range of offerings means that synergy with any given system should be more achievable. The difficulty for potential upgraders will be which one to go for.
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Isn't this new platter from mike new just the same as the funk firms platter?
It's just not cricket is it?
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It might be the same idea as funk firms but it might not be the same material hence an old idea but a new platter design. More the merrier I say.
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Hi John,
The physical shape and mechanical parameters would have to be the same whoever produced them.
However I was the first person to work out the design of a replacement platter and the machining and positioning of the pulse generator. So as to make it easy for people to swap over to the new platter by just moving the drive magnet across. Others have followed my lead much later in time.
The platter can practically be made from any material as long as it is machinable.
I have chosen a special form of engineering material which I believe is superior to Acrylic which I undestand the Funk platter is made from.
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Hi Mike,
So what about a nice all-black platter, then? Or if you must, one with gold or silver inserts?
Incidentally, as you kindly offered, if you could send a sample platter to Martin (any style will do), he and I will evaluate it and report our findings on the forum next time I'm down at his place
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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