Linear-tracking Turntables!

[christensenleif@msn.com]

Basis Ovation w/ Airtangent Reference and Lyra Titan" i"

here´s some pictures of my Basis Ovation in operation
best
Leif

 

[andromedaaudio]

very cool turntable leif , avantgarde horns at the back i see

 

[jadis]

Wow. These are my kind of tables and arms. Time to buy more Lotto tickets. Thanks for the pics.

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

Trio + BD custom bass towers

Yeah you´re right; AG Trio with custom 4x15 BD design bass towers

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

LCH incl sources

at the bottom of Basis rack is 46,5 kg Riaa power supply with hour counter in front panel
LCR ria/TVC preamp above

 

[NorthStar]

So Chris, that's eight 15" drivers for the bass all together in your 2-channel stereo setup? WoW!

* Do you like Organ music?
...And of course you are a Classical (Orchestral) music lover (audiophile). :b

 

[Mosin]

Hi,

I am surprised that no one mentioned the new Frank Schroeder linear tracking arm, even if it is still in the prototype stages. I listened to one in October at RMAF, and I was impressed with the performance. The design did not impress me; it amazed me! This tonearm is a pivoting type, but it does its job in a constantly compensating arc, so that perfect alignment is always maintained. It does it from the rear of the arm, so the cartridge mount is in a straight line with the wand. The most interesting thing to me is that it manages to accomplish its goal by employing magnets, rather than some friction inducing scheme. In fact, the entire arm uses a single ball in its construction, and has half the friction of a typical pivoted tonearm.


Win

 

[cjfrbw]

here´s some pictures of my Basis Ovation in operation
best
Leif

Beautiful system, indeed! But even as impressive, how do you keep the damn dust off of all that stuff?

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

housekeeper every friday does the main fight,
my Scottish sheepdog tends to leave his hairs in the horns and amps
loves to lie on the Bidjar in front of the LCH when I play
God knows why?
the Basis is mounted on a pulsar point isolated 30mm mdf board inside an mdf "tray" with a 17kg acrylic dustcover with oildamped shockabsorbers and "piano-hinges"
it stands on top of a sandfilled VPI rack, that also holds the 70kg+ riaa/TVC
no feedback even on full throttle +115db and little dust
best
Leif

 

[NorthStar]

Just a simple mention here; there are also laser turntables.

Anyone had/has any experience with any of those? One was made in Japan (higher end), forgot which one. And Pioneer I believe has one too (lower end).

* Leif, 115dB+, but you don't sustain it right, ...I mean your ears? :b

 

[Ronm1]

Just a simple mention here; there are also laser turntables.

Anyone had/has any experience with any of those? One was made in Japan (higher end),

I believe that was the ELT1. Heard one a # of years ago. I liked what I heard.
It had the phono out option with a GSP Jazz Phono pre-amp. The owner previously had the line out version then swapped it for the phono out option. He felt that combo was better. Course it had no guarantee to my knowledge. One bought a maintenance contract year by year if I remember correctly. 10k for the line out, I believe 12k with phono out, at the time. This guy must have had over 10,000 lps/78's, unbelievable. A room dedicated as a library for storage....

 

[NorthStar]

Ron, we're talking about a red laser light reading the grooves of an LP here, right? Yes we do! :b

* Michael Fremer did review one once for Stereophile.
The ELP LT-2XRC laser turntable in the Stereophile of December 2003 issue, here.

And more reviews: http://www.audioturntable.com/customer/reviews.html

 

[Ronm1]

Ron, we're talking about a red laser light reading the grooves of an LP here, right? Yes we do! :b

Yes I do believe it was, if I remember right it split the beam to track both sides of the groove with a bunch of sensors. As I stated, I liked the sound of the unit with the phono option to a Jazz pre. Made sense with all the early lp's, 78's this guy had to deal with RIAA curves. Plus no wear.

 

[NorthStar]

That's a very good point Ron; no wear! ...Not on the record (LP) and not on the cartridge. :b
...No needle replacement.

 

[fas42]

Just a simple mention here; there are also laser turntables.

Anyone had/has any experience with any of those? One was made in Japan (higher end), forgot which one. And Pioneer I believe has one too (lower end).

* Leif, 115dB+, but you don't sustain it right, ...I mean your ears? :b

Bob, I followed the story in HiFiNews, when Ken Kessler was chasing the elusive Finial turntable, which ended up becoming the ELP. The killer problem for such a device is dust, there's nothing physical to push the tiny bits out of the way so the user has to be totally anal in cleaning LP's for the sound to be tolerable.

Curious about Pioneer trying such a device. Are you sure it's real, that it works in the way the ELP does?

Frank

 

[Soundproof]

Keith Jarrett swears by the ELP - "blown away by its revelatory ability."
http://www.soundsgoodtome.us/2011/0...dio-and-its-influence-on-his-recorded-output/

 

[Ron Party]

I love this line from that Keith Jarrett article:

One of the problems with being a musician is you don’t have time to be a proper audiophile. To be proper, you have to be insane all the time and obsessed all the time. You need a psychotherapist after a while.

There might be some truth to this.

 

[jazdoc]

I love this line from that Keith Jarrett article:



There might be some truth to this.

and Mr. Jarrett apparently knows a thing or two about insanity and obsession:

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=26493

 

[NorthStar]

Bob, I followed the story in HiFiNews, when Ken Kessler was chasing the elusive Finial turntable, which ended up becoming the ELP. The killer problem for such a device is dust, there's nothing physical to push the tiny bits out of the way so the user has to be totally anal in cleaning LP's for the sound to be tolerable.

Curious about Pioneer trying such a device. Are you sure it's real, that it works in the way the ELP does?

Frank

Oh yes Frank; Pioneer made such a a TT in the past (laser reading). I think, but not anymore.
I mean they used to. ...And tough to get info. ...Michael Fremer would know fo sur.

* Nice to see you posting Frank. :b

 

[NorthStar]

I love this line from that Keith Jarrett article:
"To be a proper audiophile, you have to be inzane all the time and obzessed all the time.
You need a pzychotherapist after a vhile."


There might be some truth to this.

Abzolutely. :b