A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Dear Lew, I think that an arm pod for a 9'' tonearm is more
difficult to make then for 10'' or 12'' arms; one need to
cut the part near the platter. But more interesting is the
question about the material and construction. On my Kuzma
Stabi Ref. Kuzma used a sandwich of two layers acryl and
one of aluminium between them for the plinth and two layers for the armbase; aluminium (1x), acryl (1x). But for
his XL model he used only brass. The XL is all about the
mass (demping?) but the esthetics was obviosly also important. I wish I could afford one. BTW the TT and the arm pod are seldom offered second hand in contrdisticion to
the linear arm. As I mentioned elswhere my Reed arm pod is
made from different layers : steel (2x);cork (2x); granite
(2x) and acryl (1x). So it seems to me that there are 3
possibilitys: mass demping, no demping and sandwich constructions of various kinds.

Regards,

Lewm,

I have posted a couple of photo's of the arm tower arrangement under the headings 'Arm Tower AS' on my System page.

My apologies Banquo.

Actually I sort of understand how you feel as I travel between two properties weekly these days and only have vinyl set up at one. My TNT is too cumbersome to move there.

Considering the material needed for an armpod can be picked up, cut and ready to go by evening I am seriously considering another DD unit to set up plintless there with armpod.

Whow i didnt know that.

In the US there is an on-line business that can sell you a solid brass, bronze, stainless steel, or alu cylinder in your choice of diameters and pre-cut to your desired length (=height). Here is one page of their website that I have been looking at for armboard material:

http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?id=809&step=2&top_cat=79

Nandric, if you want me to buy a brass cylinder for you and ship it to you, I will be happy to do that. Or perhaps they will ship to you direct.