garylkoh
WBF Technical Expert (Speakers & Audio Equipment)
The TechDAS is starting to distract me more...![]()
The best turntable that Bob Graham and Harry Pearson (and also Gary Koh) has ever heard....... there's got to be some credibility there
The TechDAS is starting to distract me more...![]()
The best turntable that Bob Graham and Harry Pearson (and also Gary Koh) has ever heard....... there's got to be some credibility there![]()
Although I have been aware of the thread started by Gary, I only recently saw the comments myself. So, at last, here is the official Western Hemisphere distributor signing on...!
So many comments, so little typing space. As for "AirBearing", I'd only add that the need for a second motor is debatable, and the belt tension vectors involved in a device with this much intertia will be so small as to be considered only as a theoritical discussion; i.e., don't worry about it for one minute. There's always something to debate, and we all have our favorite concepts, but believe me, this table has been WELL thought out. I've also spent the last 5 or 6 months living with one and getting very used to it. As I said in the interview, if I were to make a high-end table myself, and had large resources to pour into it, this would be the product I'd be aiming for..!
To "Gregadd" and his air-bearing tangential arm fascination, that's well and good. But it has a definite downside, and it's not entirely the rage, either. Cartridge energy cannot be so easily dissipated in an air-bearing arm, nor can the arm be properly grounded for maximum extension and solitity. I've studied the pros and cons of air-bearing arms, and for me - and with all due respect to the best designs out there - there is no free lunch in this stuff. A direct comparison between the best pivoted arms and air-bearing units will provide the answer, and except for that test, everything else is personal preference. Of course, there's nothing like a audiophile with an axe to grind to show pure stubborness, and the debates on these things can fly fast and furious. Which is why I tend to avoid them, and go about my business, trying to make the best analogue reproducers I can, and which, hopefully, will be seen and heard that way by customers and reviewers...
As for my "special" arm for the Air Force One, it is an extension of the current Supreme. It's to be called simply the "Elite" and will have an even more refined main pivot assembly, with styling cues to match the turntable. I am designing new internal wire, very much more costly to make, and will be licensed from Nordost. Unlike earllier arms, the Elite will be supplied with an output cable with similar characteristics to the internal wire.
I'm sure Mr. Nishikawa is as proud of his turntable design as I am of the Phantom series. The "Elite" should continue this tradition, and with the addition of being really matched to this remarkable turntabale. Together, I believe they make a most formidable pair. the price is not cheap, but I'm trying to strike a fair balance for an outstanding combination.
My thanks for all the threads and to Gary Koh for starting this thread. In addition to seeing one setup in Gary's Genesis room, I invite anyone going to CES to come visit us, as the official representative, in the Lamm exchibit room on 35-309 at the Venetian. - Happy trails, Bob Graham
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One of the most useful features (to me) of the Air Force One are the two buttons on the front of the turntable. This allows the user to adjust the pitch of the music being played. More about this here: http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showt...nniversary-Show-International-CES-2013/page16
Personally, I loved the ability to switch from 33.3 RPM to 45 RPM with the press of a button. None of this - lifting the platter, changing the belt, etc. etc. nonsense!
This would make for a good thread drift... what tables are completely manual for speed changing?
That gives new meaning to the term "some assembly required.
hi I'm new I'm reading this for a while .
I just see two side , one is almost seller , one is player and theory man .
I'm confuse that why somebody care only technical more than sound result ? what is this technic for? what we playing ? what is happiness ?
I have more than micro seiki with air bearing in my house , I repair it , built it, find it , test it compare it ? one motor 2 motor or one motor with fly wheel.
result 2 motor is good for vector but it make more vibration and more rumble noise if we use rubble belt . if we use micro yarn this reduce vibration but less bass and more airly .
you will see every technic will have their own problem , but what will be the best choice for technic ?? for me that not important .
the most important for all technic design is The sound Result !!!!
before i play micro I buy and try many turntable cheap to expensive most of them have their own character . but i still hear rumble ( i love to play lound) one day I have a dream that why turntable should have magnatic float or air float system until i found micro seiki and it sound amazing eventhough very old.
the i start to collect and repair by my self till i have more micro seiki ,I built my own air pump and make a glass for air suspension like diy . this turn work so well and sound so good . but because of 30 year technology always have some problem like old motor type speed not stable ..... due to technology .
air pump noise . i hope someday micro seiki would comeback from dead and make the better turntable.
until i saw techdas .. this is my dream . I put my all my net on this Air force one that this gonna be better and I order it with out listen . and it arrived yesterday with another 2 Air Force one for my friend who never listen before too . but I trust in micro seiki technic.
after setup like the old day of micro seiki , I guest right . Sound for quiet and best stable speed and better detail resolution in bass and treble and more 3d when compare to my micro seiki sx 5000II . over all control feel comfortable , I feel my 5000II like a junk , I feel amazing why base on 30 year technic make more difference in sound like this . this two turn table almost the same technic but one is old and one is new . at first i think it should not much difference in sound but i guest wrong .