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| Tonearm Rewire - Discovery vs VDH Hey Frogman! Thank you for your reply. One correction: I wanted to use 5mm PTFE foam tape around the whole cable.I'd ike to have some "high quality distance" between the teflon tubing with the AN wire and the braid. In other words, I'd prefer not ... | |
| Tonearm Rewire - Discovery vs VDH Frogman, very interesting post! Thank you.I have been struggling with the same idea of eliminating(at least one of the) RCA-RCA joints: I'm thinkingof rewiring my SME3012R with AN wire ommiting the SMERCA base, leaving a +/- 1m continous run of th... | |
| European Vibraplane? Actusreus, "gift" marked on the customs declaration=be 100% sure of custom thieves attention! The customs practices are the same in all of EU. | |
| European Vibraplane? Actusreus, Newport platform BT-2024 from the Polish distributor is 2450EU all the taxes and shipping paid. Expensive...BTW, could you please tell me how much is the BT-2024 on US Newport pages? I can't access them due to my EU IP I guss. In EU it'... | |
| European Vibraplane? Steve, I very much appreciate your offer but I turned it down not only because of the still high cost even after your rebate, but, most importantly, because of the EU draconic customs. I take it as a point of honor not to pay any customs, taxes et... | |
| European Vibraplane? This is probably what is inside their benchtop platforms...at 1/2 the price. The full Newport catalogue is available in EU so shipping (apart from the Newport crazy intra EU flat rates) and esp. customs should not be a problem. The other EU option... | |
| European Vibraplane? Peter, all that is available in EU: as I learned Newport has a warehouse in France. BT-2024 automatic platform sales for:1869EU+VAT+150EU shipping within EU (unavoidable) which in my case gives 2450Eu...2/3 of the price of te deck I want to suppor... | |
| European Vibraplane? Looks like Newport is at the heart of those isolating platforms. They have their own technology:http://search.newport.com/?q=*&x2=sku&q2=BT-2024As I understand it's active: there is a mechanical level sensor, coupled to a valve which contr... | |
| European Vibraplane? This is all nice Steve, but without a reasonable shipping service to EU, were are left pretty much vibrating here ;-)I learned from one US RCM importer that the reason behind thecease of sea freight by USPS was some unfavourable change ofglobal se... | |
| European Vibraplane? Ok, got the quote on 20x24" Kinetic platforms in EU: 2180EU passive, 2990EU active...and that is before German VAT of 19% and ex. shipping...well, this is beyond anything reasonable, given US prices. Steve's Vibraplanes shipped here would be cheap... | |
| European Vibraplane? This is what my (obviously small) brain started to figure out with Minus K: very low f_res @ relatively low loads gives ultra low stifness and potential of being sort of wobbly. You seem to confirm that. As I see it, the difference between a turnt... | |
| European Vibraplane? Yes, from the specs Minus K seems way beyond the competition. But I'm wondering if anyone has ever heard a difference between VP and MinusK (in a system with a serious bass capabilities of course...and probably with less than optimal floor, e.g. s... | |
| European Vibraplane? Steve, I think we are actually in touch--you are getting quotations to EU for me :-)Buying Vibraplane used or from SOS in US doesn't resolve the biggest problem which is shipping. Hence my search for an EU alternative. | |
| European Vibraplane? The price they quote based on my EU IP is 870EU (+VAT most probably), 900x600 unit. They have warehouses and manufacturing plants in EU, so shipping should be within reasonable limits. Apart from that the platfrom without the breadboard is "only" ... | |
| The sound of SPU Phil, thank you!Actually due to a "moderator lag"my message appeared before I read yours :-)I'm definitely NOT into the hyper-detail and hyper-realism. There should be just enough detail tobe convincingly interesting, but not more.I have a free SM... |