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Re: plinthing with ply

I don't know if you remember, but quite a while back, I was planning on getting a Graham Robin to run MC's and you suggested I try an AT 1005 mk II 1007 or 1009.
As luck would have it that very day I found an 1005 mk II on eBay UK at the extraordinary cost of $70 and shipping, I must admit I was a bit leery, but made an AT armboard for my trusty TD 125 mk I and mounted my half shot BPS on it an I was immediately blown away, the BPS sonded like a serious upgrade, I'd been using it on a Thorens arm that I'd tweaked extensively to get the BPS right, damped the armwand with different materials until I settled on Teflon tape played around weighting the headshell etc. until I thought it was as good as it was going to get.
I ended up being so impressed with the AT I wanted to make sure I
had another and ended up getting another as well as a 1009, I threw the 2nd on a stock Bogen with my Dyn.10 x 5 and it sounded superb
the arm geometry being out of spec and all.

I'm with you, I love the AT 1000 series, aside from the great performance I've found them very easy to set up and live with, like so many other things in analog one wonders why some of this wonde'rful stuff ever got discontinued in the first place, or why they weren't re-introduced ? Beancounters no doubt ;-)

And I have enjoyed giving others like myself the same great advice
you gave me as most of us will likely never have the wherewithall for a $3 to $5K tonearm, same goes for the Lenco's I never imagined I'd own anything like this, I was however planning on a Walker P. for
next incarnation ;-)

Funny you should ask about the DL 103, DHL will be delivering mine tomorrow :-0 I found an ad on Audiogon for the German VDH distributorvclosing out all his VDH gear, and managed to get his VDH DL-103 with less than 5 hours on it, for a little more than $400 which seemed like too good a deal to pass on, it has the same stylus VDH uses on his Frog and a Boron cantilever, apparently the VDH DL 103's retain the essential character of the original but add a bit more air and detail and has an extraordiry long lived stylus, which is very important to me as I'm kind of going into a semi retirement situation.
The still in a state of temporary analog insanity ;-) bought a Project 12 C from a Brit distributor who was taking on the line and had his demo model which he'd never got around to trying, so now my Dogs and I are living lean and mean for the forseeable future, but I couldn't resist, I'd always wanted to try a 12" arm but the seemingly irirational prices the SME 3012's fetch and the reduction in arm rigidity that I felt would offset the reduced tracking error had kept me from seriously considering one,along with the ($1,500 toll) and all the other 12" arms
are way out of my league $$$$, I got a too good to resist deal on the Project so it's going on the L-88 as the 2nd arm with the DL 103
I'm going to line the armboard slot with Mu metal foil to precluse the hum apparently a problem with 2nd arms on Lenco's I'm hoping the
greater distance will be helpful in that regard as well.
As to the Lenco sound it's truly amazing, actually kind of shocking but did actually sadden me a mite as my beloved TD 125 suddenly sounds a bit like a toy, but an inmate recently sent me the Chadwick Modification article so the TD 125 will likely not sound like a Lenco, but respectable nonetheless.
the stock Bogen with the slapped on AT 1005 pretty much smokes any table I've ever owned. The 88 hasn't been used at all to speak of beyond trying different footing strategies, etc I'm in the midst of moving, it will have to wait until I'm in my new digs
but the basement there is huge and has a workshop and storage room
directly adjacent to what will be my listening room the idea of that lessens the Bataan death March aspect of moving.

Regards Fred

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