Tonearm Porn

Well ...

 

Hi,

Here is the Ortofon tonearm, the AS 309S & the new Ortofon cartridge, the MC Windfeld.







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Hi,

How about the only tangential pivoted tonearm, The Thales tonearm.



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What's the thinking behind multiple motors on the Raven? I can understand it on a suspended TT but what is the shortcoming that makes their use desirable on a design like this? Is the platter not heavy enough? Does a single motor cause wear to the bearing on one side? Or is the single motor not powerful enough?
Keith? Anyone else? That Ortofon arm looks very nice btw.

 

They each cost a lot of money Murray....

 

Well I've bought something else! Still I've room for two arms...

 

Burn Jones Super 90 arm made in Carshalton Surrey just outside Croydon. I donated mine to Walrus for their collection of vintage stuff.

 

OK, Quiz Time. Name and approximate date for this.

 

It's an EMI unipivot, not sure of the date but I'd guess at early to mid 60s.

Tony.

 

Spot on! My dad got his in 1962. The Japanese love them.

 

who knows - my raven had one motor, three is greedy

 

Why does a dog lick his balls?
One motor is enough for me too.

 

FYI, the motor on the TW brings the platter up to speed in a comparable time as a direct drive, so plenty powerful enough, the three motor drive is only an advantage if the speed control of all three motors is perfectly scynhronised ( which it is with the TW ) and finally some advantage may be gained with less 'belt' touching the platter, the new Kuzma uses four motors I believe.

 

What quarter of a second?

I understand Graham is selling the motors and controllers for other turntables Keith - sadly he's not making his battery PSU for the Verdier anymore.

Dean,

They had a Thales on a Brinkmann balance at Munich - my first reaction was why? It could almost have been a product of Kimura San's fertile imagination.

I am disappointed no one has thought to add the Ekos SE. Anyone got a picture of the Alphason sitting on their harddrive?

 

Ah thanks Markus. Tha Alphason was always the best looking readily available option back in the eighties to my eyes.

 

Hi,

Linn Ekos SE



Origin live Silver Mk1 & MkII



Hadcock GH 228 export



The Cartrdge man Conductor



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Interesting to see a Hadcock on a P9 – Rob won’t like it!

Tony.

PS <pedant> The set up is wrong – the bias thread should pull horizontally, not upwards! </pedant>

 

The RS arm is made by RS Labs, not 47 Labs. The 47 Labs arm is the Tsurube, unfortunately I can't find a good close up of it:



-- Ian

 

here you go..