The VPI Turntable Thread

[Mather]

-prepares the weaponized salted cod-

 

[SnowmaNick]

IM NOT BAGGING ON TOM SELLECK, I'M BAGGING ON WHATEVER THE FUCK @Mather POSTED!!!

I have no idea what that show was, but the guy coming in the door at the end of the clip reminds me of Art Carney in The Honeymooners.

 

[TrainFan73]

-prepares the weaponized salted cod-

food will never scare me.

 

[SnowmaNick]

-prepares the weaponized salted cod-

The what?!??!

 

[TrainFan73]

I have no idea what that show was, but the guy coming in the door at the end of the clip reminds me of Art Carney in The Honeymooners.

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Maybe, seems dumber

 

[SnowmaNick]

@Mather you work in Canadian TV don’t you? Are you sure that show is what you want to present to the world as an icon of your industry ?

Asking for a friend.

 

[TrainFan73]

@Mather you work in Canadian TV don’t you? Are you sure that show is what you want to present to the world as an icon of your industry ?

Asking for a friend.

He works for sports television. And really is any of that any worse than say JUSTIN FUCKING BEIBER?

 

[OMC]

Since this thread is obstensibly about turntables and gone completely off the rails I will add this here.

 

[Mather]

The what?!??!

Look. I'm just educating you as to the world around you. The world of Canada, and salted cod and the majesty of Bruno Gerussi and the Beachcombers. Don't blame me if you can't handle the influx of GLORIOUS FUCKING CANADIANA.

I'd be gotdamn LUCKY to have worked on The Littlest Hobo and the Beachcombers. That dog is a goddamn SAINT!

 

[Mather]

Since this thread is obstensibly about turntables and gone completely off the rails I will add this here.
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This is brilliant.

 

[HayesWeighsIn]

If the world was a perfect place and all record spindle holes were perfectly centered mass would be less of a concern. As we know, a perfectly centered record is seldom achieved and that’s where the problems arise with heavier counterweights and heavier screws and inertia can be a problem. The less concentric the record the more side to side wiggles have to be dealt with by the cartridge assembly, as well as the groove walls of the record dealing with higher pressures as the stylus has to change direction with each non-concentric revolution.

This explains some things audibly for me! Thanks for posting this. Little lightbulb moment here.

 

[HayesWeighsIn]

How much you guys figure a finger lift weighs?

Call VPI, seriously. Their phone support is second to none. They'll know!

 

[Mather]

You guys know if the size of a counterweight affects effective mass? Did not like what I was hearing last night after I installed the larger weight and screws.

 

[OMC]

You guys know if the size of a counterweight affects effective mass? Did not like what I was hearing last night after I installed the larger weight and screws.

It absolutely does.

 

[Mather]

It absolutely does.

Yeah I might just go back to the smaller 160 gram weight and the small screws even with the weight farther back than it probably should be. Things did not sound right last night.

 

[OMC]

Yeah I might just go back to the smaller 160 gram weight and the small screws even with the weight farther back than it probably should be. Things did not sound right last night.

Did you spend the same 7,000 hours on realignment after flipping the finger lift?

 

[OMC]

How much is the arm insert?

 

[spydrwebb44]

Mather, by now that realignment should only be taking you 4000 hours tops.

 

[OMC]

Call your buddy Peter and ask him for advice. He’s probably just sitting around doing nothing waiting for the phone to ring.

 

[Mather]

Did you spend the same 7,000 hours on realignment after flipping the finger lift?

Yeah basically, I'm just joking I think I got it done in less than ten minutes, I'm pretty quick with it at this point.

How much is the arm insert?

It's not much, like $75. But I'm already running, 180 gram (which cost $140 damn dollars), started at 160. I just wonder at what point it's going to affect tracking if I go up to 200.