October 18, 200817 yr Steve: does the tape ride up and down like it did with the proto plinth you had at my place? Also, it would probably be worthwhile letting the thing "break in" and discharging the battery once and letting it recharge before the weekend. Oh yeah, and it looks great
October 19, 200817 yr Author Steve: does the tape ride up and down like it did with the proto plinth you had at my place? Also, it would probably be worthwhile letting the thing "break in" and discharging the battery once and letting it recharge before the weekend. Oh yeah, and it looks great It's dead accurate, no travel at all. I think the problem before was the hand drilled hole in the makeshift plinth for the bearing. The platter is smooth as silk and the motor pulley is spinning perfectly. The only wobble whatsoever is when the tape splice hits the pulley, but even that is minimal. I'm running the battery down now. + Thanks guys! Nate it'd be fun to team up on a project one day and combine our different skills. I'm constantly amazed by Yourself, Naaman, Vortex and AMB.
October 20, 200817 yr Very nice Steve. So nice in fact that I suggested to Mike that he ply you with nice alcohol to get you to build him a custom tt. Don't give in easily.
October 20, 200817 yr HOLY SHIT FUCKING FUCK! That's an amazing beauty! I wish I could do my LP transfers on something that beautiful. That is pure turntable porn!
October 20, 200817 yr + Twice. Can't help but repeat the others and just bow down at the beauty of that colossus. Congrats and enjoy.
October 27, 200817 yr Author Well with a big thanks to luvdunhill (again), we got her up and running at Saturdays Houston meet. Marc brought about 10-15 Lbs. of lead shot which I used every ounce of. He got the new cartridge mounted, and schooled me on some of the finer points of tweakage. We got her sounding pretty darn good. Considering the limited time factor, wobbly table and such, I was very impressed. Beginners luck for sure, because I've never built a plinth before, but good advice goes a long way. We didn't have a lot of gain for sure, but I bought a step up transformer last night, and it should be here in a few days. We did get a very quiet background even with the β22 cranked to max volume. Marc the table does have noticeably better low end set up here in my system. I'm guessing it's the solid 3" Maple slab under it. It's dead level now too, which wasn't easy to get on that folding table. I'll report back after the Consonance PM-3 step up arrives. I'm quite pleased with the Zu DL 103 though. Here's Marc getting ready to settle in for first listen.
October 29, 200817 yr Author Just ordered a custom clear acrylic one piece dust cover for "Colossus". It should be here within 3 weeks.
October 29, 200817 yr As I said before that thing looks amazing. How much do you think it ended up weighing including the platter?
October 29, 200817 yr Knowing that you just ordered a dustcover, I think it would look fantastic if you windowpaned one yourself. Build a wooden frame with slats and use sheets of acrylic in between them. I suppose the weight could be an issue, but I'm not an expert at anything. I don't doubt that the custom cover will look great, but I wonder if it is majestic enough...
November 17, 200817 yr Author The dust cover arrived today, and it fits like a glove. I'm loving this table!
November 18, 200817 yr Unbelievable Steve, you are a master craftsman. Glad you were able to put that motor to good use!
November 18, 200817 yr Author Hey, it 's great to see you over here! That was a backup motor to have just in case. I had purchased the first Maxon and all the parts for your awesome speed controller earlier, from someone who had no time to complete the build. Then Marc put it all together for me. The woodwork was the easy part.
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