Hi

I hope that it is fine for me to mention that I have put my
Transcriptor Hydraulic Reference turntable for sale at eBay.

Here is a link to it:

http://is.gd/35C9Q

Just in case the link goes wonky for some reason here is the item
number: 260474245281


Normal listening will now resume...

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Patrick

In article ,
Patrick James wrote:
Hi

I hope that it is fine for me to mention that I have put my
Transcriptor Hydraulic Reference turntable for sale at eBay.

Here is a link to it:

http://is.gd/35C9Q

Just in case the link goes wonky for some reason here is the item
number: 260474245281


Normal listening will now resume...

A prime example of design over engineering. Ideal coffee table exhibit.
Just don't try and use it.

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*I'm really easy to get along with once people learn to worship me

Dave Plowman London SW
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On 2009-09-10 00:26:48 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
said:

A prime example of design over engineering. Ideal coffee table exhibit.
Just don't try and use it.

I've used it for over twenty years and found it to be quite superb.
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Patrick

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In article ,
Patrick James wrote:
Hi

I hope that it is fine for me to mention that I have put my
Transcriptor Hydraulic Reference turntable for sale at eBay.

Here is a link to it:

http://is.gd/35C9Q

Just in case the link goes wonky for some reason here is the item
number: 260474245281


Normal listening will now resume...

A prime example of design over engineering. Ideal coffee table exhibit.
Just don't try and use it.

--
*I'm really easy to get along with once people learn to worship me

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Wasn't it originally designed as a film prop ? - A Clockwork Orange, I
think, although it may have been 2001 A Space Odysee. Fortunately they got
it right with the Gyrodek.

Geoff MacK

On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:44:23 +0100, "Geoff Mackenzie"
wrote:


"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Patrick James wrote:
Hi

I hope that it is fine for me to mention that I have put my
Transcriptor Hydraulic Reference turntable for sale at eBay.

Here is a link to it:

http://is.gd/35C9Q

Just in case the link goes wonky for some reason here is the item
number: 260474245281


Normal listening will now resume...

A prime example of design over engineering. Ideal coffee table exhibit.
Just don't try and use it.

--
*I'm really easy to get along with once people learn to worship me

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Wasn't it originally designed as a film prop ? - A Clockwork Orange, I
think, although it may have been 2001 A Space Odysee. Fortunately they got
it right with the Gyrodek.

Geoff MacK


Any deck that supports the record on six points can never be described
as "right". It is a ridiculous thing to do. The record must sag
between the points and cause a rhythmic 3.3Hz vertical thump through
the stylus, severely compromising headroom in the preamp.

The best a turntable can do, of course, is not make things any worse -
they can never be great.

And I thought that the hydraulic reference was mid-tide at Newlyn.

d

In article ,
Patrick James wrote:
On 2009-09-10 00:26:48 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
said:

A prime example of design over engineering. Ideal coffee table exhibit.
Just don't try and use it.

I've used it for over twenty years and found it to be quite superb.

You can't be serious? Unless only using headphones. Mounting the disc like
that turns it into a near perfect diaphragm. Causing feedback at very
modest levels. Then there's the likelyhood of smashing the pickup to bits
if being slightly careless when playing a 7". Then there's the care needed
when closing the lid to avoid the pickup jumping - those soft springs
cause the whole unit to tilt alarmingly.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:49:56 +0100, Patrick James
wrote:

A prime example of design over engineering. Ideal coffee table exhibit.
Just don't try and use it.

I've used it for over twenty years and found it to be quite superb.

I can't believe it was designed on any engineering principles except
"this looks impressively hi-tec and expensive". Despite it's apparent
failure to provide the basic function of a platter - solid support for
the disc - did it really manage to sound special?

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Laurence Payne wrote:
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:49:56 +0100, Patrick James
wrote:

A prime example of design over engineering. Ideal coffee table
exhibit. Just don't try and use it.

I've used it for over twenty years and found it to be quite superb.

I can't believe it was designed on any engineering principles except
"this looks impressively hi-tec and expensive". Despite it's apparent
failure to provide the basic function of a platter - solid support for
the disc - did it really manage to sound special?

Absolutely not. Far worse than a good cheap deck. All it mananaged was to
go round at roughly the correct speed.

I'll bet Russ Andrews sold them. ;-)

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Dave Plowman London SW
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"Laurence Payne" wrote in message
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On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:49:56 +0100, Patrick James
wrote:

A prime example of design over engineering. Ideal coffee table exhibit.
Just don't try and use it.

I've used it for over twenty years and found it to be quite superb.

I can't believe it was designed on any engineering principles except
"this looks impressively hi-tec and expensive". Despite it's apparent
failure to provide the basic function of a platter - solid support for
the disc - did it really manage to sound special?


It was a triumph of style over function, designed to appeal to those (who
are still with us today, of course) to whom what a HiFi system looks like is
more important than what it sounds like. And you have to admit it does look
"special".

David.

"Don Pearce" wrote


Any deck that supports the record on six points can never be described
as "right". It is a ridiculous thing to do. The record must sag
between the points


This is a joke - right?