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In Reply to: The analog quartz lock on an SL 1200 is equivalent to the SP-02 Neumann lathe motor? posted by tubesforever on April 25, 2011 at 00:20:41:
While you may love your "project SL1200 table" with "less than $1500.00 in parts and pieces", if you assume you had to make your living selling that table through a dealer network, where would it have to be priced to make it so that everyone got their piece out of it? Might it cost $5k? If so, it would be a $5k table which "sounds far more convincing than many 2-5k dollar turntables on the market", which is considerably less impressive a feat.
It is almost a truism that doing something yourself will cost substantially less in dollar outlay than having someone else do it for you and charge you full retail markup for the privilege. I do not see why this is such a revelation.
You can do much the same thing with a new low-end Ford Mustang. It's a decent car as is but put in 2x MSRP in after-market parts, plus a lot of time and elbow grease and you will have something which can compete, performance-wise, with a Lexus costing a fair bit more.
I have half a mind to try an SL1200 stock, then tweaked, just to see where it can take me. I have a sneaking suspicion I know where the performance ceiling will be... but it would be educational to try...
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Follow Ups
- But tubesy... - travisty 04/25/1104:24:47 04/25/11 (5)
- I think your DP 100 is a killer rig. - tubesforever 19:52:28 04/25/11 (3)
- I don't know what to believe about Denon motor roots... - travisty 03:26:39 04/26/11 (2)
- Matsushita created a special products group which went on to create the SP turntables and SP-02 lathe motor. - tubesforever 00:21:31 04/27/11 (1)
- Thanks for the color... I remain skeptical that Denon got significant design help from other mfrs... - travisty 05:21:53 04/27/11 (0)
- RE: Thanks for the color... I remain skeptical that Denon got significant design help from other mfrs... - caligari 17:16:15 04/28/11 (0)
- Thanks! - travisty 00:28:51 04/29/11 (0)
- RE: Thanks! - caligari 12:27:38 04/29/11 (0)
- Thanks again. There ARE lots of ways to skin a cat. - travisty 14:51:14 04/29/11 (0)
- RE: But tubesy... - moffat 12:15:00 04/25/11 (0)
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