CS Port LFT1 turntable added to the system

[Mike Lavigne]

Gian I am shire it would be possible as the arm boards on the AF3P can be rotated, cannot see any problem.

Mik, this would require the arm and air box together? right?

can the air box function without the motor box? that's where it gets it's dc power. is there stand alone power for it?

 

[108CY]

Mik, this would require the arm and air box together? right?

can the air box function without the motor box? that's where it gets it's dc power.

The arm and compressor are available as a separate package and comes with a suitable power supply.

 

[microstrip]

The arm and compressor are available as a separate package and comes with a suitable power supply.

At a cost of?

 

[djsina2]

At a cost of?

Retail in Japan:

Arm $7800 USD
Pump $2300 USD

 

[108CY]

At a cost of?

have not worked out the UK retail as of yet. The problem with cs port is there is not genuine export price unlike most products.

 

[spiritofmusic]

sure Marc, i can do that. maybe Herbie Hancock's 'Watermelon Man' on 45rpm.

last night prior to turning in i played 2 sides from the Miles Davis Mosiac Box Set 'The Complete Plugged Nickle Sessions'. loved it. Miles at his peak! lot's of 'semi-funky turns from that group as this music is pretty free flow. the CS Port brought me to that venue.....and it was superb.

but i thought about how the Saskia might have done it. and i expect that the particular strengths of the Saskia might have slightly served the music better. but that's a guess......which i will check out soon.....it's a tough job but someone's got to do it.

this is not to say that the CS Port is not fantastic on this music; but the Saskia might be the very tip top bleeding edge for that music. so if i have a Saskia sitting there......it needs to do it's thing.

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Have that box Mike. I found it initially a bit sparse and cold, w Ron Carter's bass a bit thin and reedy. The overall effect glassy and diffuse.

However, w my changes I'm totally appreciating it. It has a really cool reserved vibe, the Quintet seeming to be in cruise control, with as you say these funky licks and left turns demonstrating their amazing control and artistry.

Yes Mike, let me know how this music sounds, esp the Saskia v CS Port comparison.

 

[awsmone]

What a wonderful looking turntable I love the idea of tangential trackers
Can I ask a dumb questions
whats up with the buttons orientations ?

 

[Mike Lavigne]

What a wonderful looking turntable I love the idea of tangential trackers
Can I ask a dumb questions
whats up with the buttons orientations ?

i've noticed that too, but in use it looks 'right', and my opinion is that it was one of those inspired little things that just made it more 'zen'......with better feng shui. everything about the CS Port is like that. like a higher power is involved guiding the details.

 

[awsmone]

Thanks Mike and appreciate the posting

i have sent an inquiry to the company already

 

[Mike Lavigne]

Thanks Mike and appreciate the posting

i have sent an inquiry to the company already

best wishes with your investigations.

 

[djsina2]

i've noticed that too, but in use it looks 'right', and my opinion is that it was one of those inspired little things that just made it more 'zen'......with better feng shui. everything about the CS Port is like that. like a higher power is involved guiding the details.

The pictures on their website and others on the web have the buttons aligned as one would expect. Maybe they rotated somehow?

 

[Mike Lavigne]

The pictures on their website and others on the web have the buttons aligned as one would expect. Maybe they rotated somehow?

of course, you are right.

sound of hand slapping forehead. stupid!

my excuse; too much new gear at once causes confusion.

thanks.

 

[108CY]

They just rotate mine are usually all over the place.

 

[Mike Lavigne]

been a crazy couple of weeks for me, lots of new gear and been traveling for business to SoCal this week, back Wednesday late, then another business dinner till late last night.

tonight i figured i needed a CS Port tt night; so fired it up when i got home to let the speed settle in, then about 90 minutes ago started listening. and i'm gob smacked by intoxicating detail and nuance. just overwhelmed. is it the pressings i've chosen? or has this turntable or cartridge or phono stage just gone to another level? is it the low pressure/low flow CS Port linear tracker? is it the air bearing and layer of air film under the platter?

i'm hearing layer upon layer upon layer of nuance, and textures and delicate little this and that in a completely natural and matter of fact way. like a whole world of inner happenings. every musical thing is so much more interesting, the musicians winking and gesturing at me in a personal way. this is completely new territory for me.......never heard this level of nuance.

i'm also getting thunderous subterranean bass and authority as well as big space and ease (side 3 of LSC-6094).

and these are not exceptional pressings.

i played DG 2530 992, Brahms Symphony No.3, Bohm, side 1, and i did side 1 and now i'm on side 2 (of4) of LSC-6094, Albeniz Iberia, Morel (Classic Records reissue).

the CS Port/GFS/CS Port phono combo (with a generic phono cable and modest set of RCA interconnects) is just blowing my mind tonight.......which is exactly the itch i needed scratching.

wow!!!

why do i have three turntables?

this is why.

and maybe the new 468's are not sucking........

 

[Tango]

been a crazy couple of weeks for me, lots of new gear and been traveling for business to SoCal this week, back Wednesday late, then another business dinner till late last night.

tonight i figured i needed a CS Port tt night; so fired it up when i got home to let the speed settle in, then about 90 minutes ago started listening. and i'm gob smacked by intoxicating detail and nuance. just overwhelmed. is it the pressings i've chosen? or has this turntable or cartridge or phono stage just gone to another level? is it the low pressure/low flow CS Port linear tracker? is it the air bearing and layer of air film under the platter?

i'm hearing layer upon layer upon layer of nuance, and textures and delicate little this and that in a completely natural and matter of fact way. like a whole world of inner happenings. every musical thing is so much more interesting, the musicians winking and gesturing at me in a personal way. this is completely new territory for me.......never heard this level of nuance.

i'm also getting thunderous subterranean bass and authority as well as big space and ease (side 3 of LSC-6094).

and these are not exceptional pressings.

i played DG 2530 992, Brahms Symphony No.3, Bohm, side 1, and i did side 1 and now i'm on side 2 (of4) of LSC-6094, Albeniz Iberia, Morel (Classic Records reissue).

the CS Port/GFS/CS Port phono combo (with a generic phono cable and modest set of RCA interconnects) is just blowing my mind tonight.......which is exactly the itch i needed scratching.

wow!!!

why do i have three turntables?

this is why.

and maybe the new 468's are not sucking........

Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic. Fantastic....Fantastic!

 

[tima]

i'm hearing layer upon layer upon layer of nuance, and textures and delicate little this and that in a completely natural and matter of fact way. like a whole world of inner happenings. every musical thing is so much more interesting, the musicians winking and gesturing at me in a personal way. this is completely new territory for me.......never heard this level of nuance.

It's why we do this. I love reading these types of expressions of emotional pleasure that come when we lose ourselves in music and arrive at that locus of disbelief, slipping out of our audio systems and into the reality of the performance. What I call the audiophile miracle, a kind of sonic transubstantiation whereby metal, vinyl and wire turn into joy.

 

[Mike Lavigne]

just as a counterpoint this morning i'm playing the Saskia.

last night i had ended the CS Port night playing the first three sides of 'The Complete Art Pepper At Ronnie Scott's Club', Box Set--PPAN012......it was really fine sounding. now this morning on the Saskia playing those same cuts it's like a different recording. the additional energy and tonal density has the music leaping from the grooves and pulsing and pushing the vibe. tighter, more focused.

horns and piano's love the Saskia, and it just boggies. makes you smile and feel alive.

of course it's not just the turntable difference, but the Durand Tosca gimbled bearing tone arm, the Ortofon Anna Diamond, the Found Music silver phono cable, and the dart phono......all different from the CS Port.

it's a privilege to be able to have the musical viewpoints to choose from.

 

[PeterA]

Sounds like another invitation to Kedar is in order. He must be salivating and eager to can get out the pencil and do some fine direct comparisons 4 0 distortion.

 

[Mike Lavigne]

Sounds like another invitation to Kedar is in order so that he can get out the pencil and do some fine direct comparisons 4 0 distortion

Kedar knows he has an open invite any time. he also knows i'm not into gear swapping around much. hopefully by the time he does come over i'll have things pretty sorted out.

 

[gian60]

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