We just completed version four of the Savoie prototype’s motor mount. This is getting real close!
This version improves on isolation between the drive system and the turntable base, as well as introducing tilt adjustment for the idler wheel.
Tilt adjustment improves pulley alignment to reduce scrubbing noise against the platter. We’re going to evaluate this version for a while, looking for subtle areas to enhance. This version is very close to the final architecture and addresses all of the areas we were looking to refine.
Not shown in the photo is the magnetic tensioning system – designed to fine-tune the side load of the rim against the platter, as well as the lateral load on the motor shaft.
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Savoie Drive PrototypeShown here is the prototype assembly we rigged up for our upcoming Savoie drive system. The new drive implements a much more robust (and larger) motor. To prototype this, we had to house the drive electronics in an external case as shown in the photo. In the past few months, we began to field questions from
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5-pin DIN ConnectorThat, is the question … For years, we bought into the common knowledge that tonearms wired with a straight run from the cartridge clips to the connectors (RCA or XLR) are superior to arms with plug-in cables employing a 5-pin DIN connector. Then, we put the theory to the test. The ExperimentWe compared two 4Point, 11″
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Completed AssemblyOK, so you accept the premise that cables break in over time by just playing your hi-fi, and that a burn-in device is an unnecessary indulgence. Fair enough. Have you taken into consideration whether the millivolt level voltage output by a moving coil cartridge will ever break in a tonearm and its interconnect … in your
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ShockingIt’s that time of year, when we’re fielding questions about static build-up on turntables … well, non-Galibier turntables that is. On our Galibiers, static is a non-problem as you’ll see below, but with other turntables the solution may not be “built in”. We have 2 approaches to solving this. In this post, we addressed a possible work-around to
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