http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uturnaudio/the-orbit-turntable-0

Only for North Americans, sadly.

I wonder how good it is.

What would be nice is a decent DIY turntable kit. I designed and made a
pair of speakers once, which was fun. I'd love to make my own turntable.

Daniele

On 22/12/2012 21:36, D.M. Procida wrote:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uturnaudio/the-orbit-turntable-0

Only for North Americans, sadly.

I wonder how good it is.


I'm sure it'd be as good as the cheaper Rega/Revolver/Project offerings
- and for £90-odd that's not bad at all.

Not sure they've fully researched their market though!

What would be nice is a decent DIY turntable kit. I designed and made a
pair of speakers once, which was fun. I'd love to make my own turntable.


Yes, me too. Although a cheap/broken s/h turntable should make a decent
enough basis for a start. Not too sure how easy it is the create the
technical requisites in the home, though. Such as they are - lot of myth
stirred in with the reality IME.

Rob

"D.M. Procida" wrote in
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uturnaudio/the-orbit-turntable-0

Only for North Americans, sadly.

I wonder how good it is.

What would be nice is a decent DIY turntable kit. I designed and made a
pair of speakers once, which was fun. I'd love to make my own turntable.

The red flag I see is the unipivot arm, which can be very sensitive to
adjustement and require a number of compensating adjustments every time
anything is changed to work well. The claim that unipivot arms have an
inherent sound quality advantage is highly controversial to say the least.

On 12/24/2012 2:36 PM, Arny Krueger wrote:
"D.M. Procida" wrote in
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uturnaudio/the-orbit-turntable-0

Only for North Americans, sadly.

I wonder how good it is.

What would be nice is a decent DIY turntable kit. I designed and made a
pair of speakers once, which was fun. I'd love to make my own turntable.

The red flag I see is the unipivot arm, which can be very sensitive to
adjustement and require a number of compensating adjustments every time
anything is changed to work well. The claim that unipivot arms have an
inherent sound quality advantage is highly controversial to say the least.



**For once I agree. Unipivots, whilst having some advantages WRT bearing
friction, are let down by some much more serious issues.

--
Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au

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On 12/24/2012 2:36 PM, Arny Krueger wrote:
"D.M. Procida" wrote in
message
...
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uturnaudio/the-orbit-turntable-0

Only for North Americans, sadly.

I wonder how good it is.

What would be nice is a decent DIY turntable kit. I designed and made a
pair of speakers once, which was fun. I'd love to make my own turntable.

The red flag I see is the unipivot arm, which can be very sensitive to
adjustement and require a number of compensating adjustments every time
anything is changed to work well. The claim that unipivot arms have an
inherent sound quality advantage is highly controversial to say the least.



**For once I agree. Unipivots, whilst having some advantages WRT bearing
friction, are let down by some much more serious issues.

--

I'm sure there was a British d-i-y turntable available in the early sixties.
All I can remember was that it was belt driven, had about a ten inch platter
and it was recommended that a AT (1005?) arm be used. And it's driving me
mad that I can't recall the name! Google searches have not turned up
anything.

Geoff

In article , Geoff Mackenzie
wrote:

It would be easier to reply if you hadn't typed into your sig!

I'm sure there was a British d-i-y turntable available in the early
sixties. All I can remember was that it was belt driven, had about a ten
inch platter and it was recommended that a AT (1005?) arm be used. And
it's driving me mad that I can't recall the name! Google searches have
not turned up anything.

A. R. Sugden. Connoisseur brand? BD1 or BD2 I think...

Jim

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On 12/29/2012 3:49 AM, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , Geoff Mackenzie
wrote:

It would be easier to reply if you hadn't typed into your sig!

I'm sure there was a British d-i-y turntable available in the early
sixties. All I can remember was that it was belt driven, had about a ten
inch platter and it was recommended that a AT (1005?) arm be used. And
it's driving me mad that I can't recall the name! Google searches have
not turned up anything.

A. R. Sugden. Connoisseur brand? BD1 or BD2 I think...


**Agreed. Sounds exactly like the one.


--
Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au

"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message ...

In article , Geoff Mackenzie
wrote:

It would be easier to reply if you hadn't typed into your sig!

I'm sure there was a British d-i-y turntable available in the early
sixties. All I can remember was that it was belt driven, had about a ten
inch platter and it was recommended that a AT (1005?) arm be used. And
it's driving me mad that I can't recall the name! Google searches have
not turned up anything.

A. R. Sugden. Connoisseur brand? BD1 or BD2 I think...

Jim

Thanks Jim - it was indeed the BD2 I was thinking of. I shall sleep
tonight!

You've lost me with your comment about typing into my sig, though. I wasn't
aware I had a sig, and the post looks OK as it arrived in my inbox - did I
do something wrong?

Geoff

In article , Geoff Mackenzie
wrote:


"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message ...

In article , Geoff Mackenzie
wrote:

It would be easier to reply if you hadn't typed into your sig!


Thanks Jim - it was indeed the BD2 I was thinking of. I shall sleep
tonight!

You've lost me with your comment about typing into my sig, though. I
wasn't aware I had a sig, and the post looks OK as it arrived in my
inbox - did I do something wrong?

The earlier posting you replied to had a sig. This is separated from the
body text by a line containing just dashdashspace

If you see '-- ' in an email or news posting it there to tell RFC compliant
software that what follows is a sig, and can (the presumption is, should)
be excluded from quoting when replying.

Your comments were written below that sig seperator, so became part of the
sig. Email/News software that correctly understands the RFCs for sigs tends
to snip the sig when you respond. So your comments are then omitted when
someone wants to reply to them!

Slainte,

Jim

my own sig follows...

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Please use the address on the audiomisc page if you wish to email me.
Electronics http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scot...o/electron.htm
Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html
Audio Misc http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/index.html