I’ve been reading good things about this motor for a while now, well the bigger brothers anyway. So when I was at Munich High End Show in 2018, I noticed Dereneville had a room there. I popped in and to my surprise Rainer was in doing demonstrations. In between him playing records for show goers, I asked him to explain about the motor. He went through everything with me, I was impressed as to how much useful features the motor had. Anyway I left with a free spirit level and went over to Chris Feickert to buy a Dereneville turntable matt.
I kept the motor in mind for when I needed an upgrade to my turntable.
Fast-forward to 2020 and the COVID19 lock down. Since I had been working from home since March 12th, I spent my working day in my listening room spinning LP’s. Happy days
I e-mail Rainer up about getting the motor. I had a request, since my Acoustic Solid One to One was a tall turntable and the Dereneville motor was short I would need a different solution. He got back to me and within 2 e-mails and with me giving him the height of my platter, he had designed a modified motor hight for me.
He quoted 4 weeks for the motor build and shipment, anyway I got it in less than 4 weeks.
This motor arrived double box and in a flight case, it’s a monster. It made my Acoustic Solid motor look like a child’s toy.
I hooked it up, initially with the included SMPS but I immediately ordered a Farad Super3 LPS.
I am not one for A / B comparisons, I like to put things in and live with it for a while and then swap back out and see what’s missing or not.
I have now been living with this motor for a good 4 weeks plus, well what can I say? Wow how can a motor make this much of a difference, it’s like I have a brand new vastly superior turntable.
The first thing I notice on switch on of the motor is, virtually no vibrations from the motor. With my old motor, I can feel the vibrations with my hand on the motor and must mean it’s transmitted to the turntable.
The sound from the turntable is more solid, imaging is improved, bass appears lower, timing is like a metronome. In fact, I would now call this turntable rhythm king.
High frequency instruments appear crisper and airier.
It feels like I am hearing my records all over again and they are all sounding so much better. I have been digging out more and more LP’s, I am enjoying them so much that I am in danger of wearing out my cartridge quicker than normal.
I have been digging out records that I have not enjoyed in the past, to see if the combination of new Dereneville DAE 01 CL Motor / Farad Super3 power supply / Acoustical Systems Arché headshell can inject new life into them.
The first one I tried is Massive Attack – No Protection, which I have never enjoyed. Well I already wrote about that elsewhere on the forum. It’s more enjoyable but still no magic, so still don’t like it.
The next one I tried is Onra – No One Has To Know. When I first heard this album elsewhere I loved it, but when I bought it I just could not enjoy it. Anyway with the new upgrades, particularly the motor wow it like a completely new record. It now sounds like I remember, I now love this record.
Well if you can’t already guess, I love this motor and my latest upgrades. This motor is a keeper and even if I change my turntable, the motor will be moving to the next turntable with me.
The improvement has been just night and day that I have not even done my usual of swapping out to the old stuff, not sure if I can be bothered with that hassle well I may swap out the Farad Super3 LPS with the SMPS unit that came with the motor.
I am still experimenting with different drive belts, I have not settled on any one yet.
If you have a turntable you like and don’t want to part with, I recommend giving this motor a try. Just be prepared that you will be spending the money to get one, it’s not cheap but the improvement it brings to your turntable and the musical enjoyment is worth the asking price.
It’s funny to put this motor under tweaks, as far as I am concerned it’s a necessity.
If you are wondering about the pink thing on the turntable it’s a record not a matt, It’s Curtis Harding – Face your fear.
I kept the motor in mind for when I needed an upgrade to my turntable.
Fast-forward to 2020 and the COVID19 lock down. Since I had been working from home since March 12th, I spent my working day in my listening room spinning LP’s. Happy days
I e-mail Rainer up about getting the motor. I had a request, since my Acoustic Solid One to One was a tall turntable and the Dereneville motor was short I would need a different solution. He got back to me and within 2 e-mails and with me giving him the height of my platter, he had designed a modified motor hight for me.
He quoted 4 weeks for the motor build and shipment, anyway I got it in less than 4 weeks.
This motor arrived double box and in a flight case, it’s a monster. It made my Acoustic Solid motor look like a child’s toy.
I hooked it up, initially with the included SMPS but I immediately ordered a Farad Super3 LPS.
I am not one for A / B comparisons, I like to put things in and live with it for a while and then swap back out and see what’s missing or not.
I have now been living with this motor for a good 4 weeks plus, well what can I say? Wow how can a motor make this much of a difference, it’s like I have a brand new vastly superior turntable.
The first thing I notice on switch on of the motor is, virtually no vibrations from the motor. With my old motor, I can feel the vibrations with my hand on the motor and must mean it’s transmitted to the turntable.
The sound from the turntable is more solid, imaging is improved, bass appears lower, timing is like a metronome. In fact, I would now call this turntable rhythm king.
High frequency instruments appear crisper and airier.
It feels like I am hearing my records all over again and they are all sounding so much better. I have been digging out more and more LP’s, I am enjoying them so much that I am in danger of wearing out my cartridge quicker than normal.
I have been digging out records that I have not enjoyed in the past, to see if the combination of new Dereneville DAE 01 CL Motor / Farad Super3 power supply / Acoustical Systems Arché headshell can inject new life into them.
The first one I tried is Massive Attack – No Protection, which I have never enjoyed. Well I already wrote about that elsewhere on the forum. It’s more enjoyable but still no magic, so still don’t like it.
The next one I tried is Onra – No One Has To Know. When I first heard this album elsewhere I loved it, but when I bought it I just could not enjoy it. Anyway with the new upgrades, particularly the motor wow it like a completely new record. It now sounds like I remember, I now love this record.
Well if you can’t already guess, I love this motor and my latest upgrades. This motor is a keeper and even if I change my turntable, the motor will be moving to the next turntable with me.
The improvement has been just night and day that I have not even done my usual of swapping out to the old stuff, not sure if I can be bothered with that hassle well I may swap out the Farad Super3 LPS with the SMPS unit that came with the motor.
I am still experimenting with different drive belts, I have not settled on any one yet.
If you have a turntable you like and don’t want to part with, I recommend giving this motor a try. Just be prepared that you will be spending the money to get one, it’s not cheap but the improvement it brings to your turntable and the musical enjoyment is worth the asking price.
It’s funny to put this motor under tweaks, as far as I am concerned it’s a necessity.
If you are wondering about the pink thing on the turntable it’s a record not a matt, It’s Curtis Harding – Face your fear.
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