I’m in a bit of contact w the designer, I’ll ask.
Ked, Vic the designer of my tt had a long history of dismantling Garrard 301s and 401s, Lenco L75s and Thorens 124s ahead of hitting on the concept of eliminating the second idler wheel, belt linkages etc, and creating his single direct rim drive wheel using v high torque, purely analog non servo feedback, oversized extra heavy high moment of inertia and max flywheel effect platter, in his interesting and fairly unique design.
His point is that torque is dissipated by that second wheel and belt linkage.
And Simone pretty much feels the original 124 suffers due to its relative lack of torque compared to his redesign, the Lenco, Garrard etc.
Audiosilente Blackstone Reference idler.
Maybe that's the problem... Why would I want my TT to stand out? To me the invisible TT is best. Considering comparisons to master tapes have been performed on playback that is supposedly inferior, and no mastering engineer or cutting engineer, etc, can tell the difference... tells me that many stand out machines might be giving a flavor. In fact I'm sure of it when they have a metal surface for the platter used with nothing in between. Obviously I can't argue anyones preference, but I have no doubt many like a flavor since different metal platters get ordered all day, and no mats are used on them.
Countless things in the past where about compensating for their inability to manufacturer, or complementing equipment. While it was smart at the time, I'm not sure I'd say it is today. However many may prefer that sound. It's not like there is a shortage of sound shaping today.
Nice pic of vintage and new found from an old pic on the web. I would love to have the Kodo (never heard yet) and a nice idler myself,
I would consider the A80 as vintage, but surely not the A820. Probably because the A80 only uses discrete electronics and logic ICs from the 74LS family, with analog electro-mechanics, and the A820 uses microprocessors. The A820 can be considered an embedded system!
nothing new there, unless you count the Rockport which was from 98'.
the middle tt in the picture is the Technics SP-10 Mk3 with the casework removed and installed 'nude' in the Dobbins plinth. that constrained layered plinth used layers of duralumin and synthetic slate....for extra mass and robustness to handle the Mk3 torque.
Ked, Vic the designer of my tt had a long history of dismantling Garrard 301s and 401s, Lenco L75s and Thorens 124s ahead of hitting on the concept of eliminating the second idler wheel, belt linkages etc, and creating his single direct rim drive wheel using v high torque, purely analog non servo feedback, oversized extra heavy high moment of inertia and max flywheel effect platter, in his interesting and fairly unique design.
His point is that torque is dissipated by that second wheel and belt linkage.
And Simone pretty much feels the original 124 suffers due to its relative lack of torque compared to his redesign, the Lenco, Garrard etc.
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