[Casper[_4_]]

For vinyl lovers ...

http://i.gizmodo.com/5169137/audiowo...old-and-modern

[Sonnova]

On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:24:10 -0700, Casper wrote
(in article ):

For vinyl lovers ...


http://i.gizmodo.com/5169137/audiowo...hnics-are-too-
col
d-and-modern


Wonderful. a piece of tree and some bits from the cheap Rega ;table.

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On Mar 13, 2:39*pm, Sonnova wrote:
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:24:10 -0700, Casper wrote
(in article ):

Forvinyllovers ...

http://i.gizmodo.com/5169137/audiowo...se-technics-ar...
col

d-and-modern

Wonderful. a piece of tree and some bits from the cheap Rega ;table.

I believe I see my 35 year old SME 3009 there and btw 3009 mounted on
a Thorens TD-125 is still doing service. The older I get the poorer
becomes my hearing and less likely would I benefit from an up-grade.

[Andrew Barss]

Casper wrote:
: For vinyl lovers ...

: http://i.gizmodo.com/5169137/audiowo...old-and-modern

Are there adjustments for when the wood warps?

-- Andy Barss

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On Mar 14, 7:44*am, Andrew Barss wrote:
Casper wrote:

: For vinyl lovers ...

:http://i.gizmodo.com/5169137/audiowo...se-technics-ar...

Are there adjustments for when the wood warps?

*-- Andy Barss

Shouldn't be an issue. Wood is a pretty common material used in audio
and even in Turntables. If it is propperly dried and sealed it will be
quite stable enough. I think some of them look pretty cool. It looks
like they just strip down existing rigs and rebuild them on decorative
wood plinths.

[Andrew Barss]

wrote:

: Shouldn't be an issue. Wood is a pretty common material used in audio
: and even in Turntables. If it is propperly dried and sealed it will be
: quite stable enough. I think some of them look pretty cool. It looks
: like they just strip down existing rigs and rebuild them on decorative
: wood plinths.

The amount of warpage due to drying, and seasonal shifts in
size and shape due to humidity swings, is pretty substantial, actually.
(I'm a woodworker). Some of those turntables had the platter and
the tonearm mounted to the wood planks, and over time one can
expect up to about 1/4" of shift in the distance between them,
and some angular shift as well (R. Bruce Hoadley's
reference book on wood will give exact figures for different species). This
means the geometry of both the tonearm and the needle with respect to the
groove in the vinyl are going to change a *lot*, relatively speaking.

The only way to seal against this is to encase the wood in about a
half inch of wax.

-- Andy Barss