Indeed hence I don’t leave the platter spinning on mine.I believe the Brinkman Balance has electrically heated bearings.
Well Shakti you are wrong, read first the white paper of Oasis and Bardo. They utilise the same bearing with BalanceBardo is direct drive, so no real comparison to Balance.
I stopped my Bardo over night. but had the Bardo ongoing running for listening sessions.
"wrong" is such a hard word ;-)Well Shakti you are wrong, read first the white paper of Oasis and Bardo. They utilise the same bearing
I had the Bardo 2 years ago and changed from standard PSU to Ront PSU.I would like to ask a follow up question about the optional RoNt power supply. I'm using a Kuzma 4Point arm, which feeds my phono stage directly. The Bardo's outputs are unused. The anecdotal evidence suggests the RoNt is a "not subtle" upgrade, but is this related to using the Bardo's outputs? I'm struggling to see how a different power supply would affect the direct drive in that "not subtle" way?
Folks have had this disparity in “taste” or of “flavor” all the way back decades ago when the Sondek Lp12 received a lower noise platter bearing or a more stable power supply/speed control. There are always going to be flat-earthers I guess and people obsessed with familiarity... Nothing new here.I had the Bardo 2 years ago and changed from standard PSU to Ront PSU.
The effect is independent from the tonearm in use.
The difference in performance of the 2 PSU is easy to recognize, but it depends on you personal taste, if you see the Ront PSU as performance upgrade or just as a different sound.
1/3 of my visitors preferred the original PSU, 2/3 preferred Ront, you have to find out, to which camp you belong.
My advice would be, to give the Ront a try first.
At least, one of the tube inside must be defectuous. First time, I read the the Ront psu fails.I have the Bardo with the optional upgraded Balance supply that is in the metal case. The tube Ronit supply on tests did not give apparently good performance and may be a bit noisy. I would suggest the upgraded balance supply which is also solid state like the original but is a bit more robust. As to leaving it on, I suppose there is no harm to it. The bearing oil does probably settle in from the heat of the motor once it is on for about 15 minutes and I don’t bother to leave it on.
Hi bazelio, Have you replaced your Kuzma Stabi M with a Brinkmann Bardo?I don't leave my Bardo running. That said, maybe it'd sound better if I did. Bearing wear is not a concern to me with this TT, though.
No. I have both tables. Both with 4 Point arms.Hi bazelio, Have you replaced your Kuzma Stabi M with a Brinkmann Bardo?
Oh OK. I have had the pleasure of listening to the Brinkmann Bardo, Lagrange and Balance, but.. at different times I might add. Out of the three, I did prefer the Balance. Having said that, overall, I found that the Stabi M just seemed to have that something extra special, over the others! I think that the only other 'table that I would consider would be the XL DC.No. I have both tables. Both with 4 Point arms.
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