fini Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 OK, this time I actually read the thread before posting. This has caused me to have some great ideas. I will share them now. Before this device came along, I'll bet a few "money-is-no-object" vinyl enthusiasts bought truckloads of spare platters (and 2 copies of their albums), gluing the discs to the platters. Talk about contact! Alternately, how about gluing two albums together, forming a thicker disc, less likely to warp? Or, "they" could make records out of the magnetic sign material you see on people's trucks, and use steel platters. Oops, that might play Hell with the magnet in the cartridge (strike that idea). If heating the disc works, how about modifying a microwave oven (hey, they already have turntables in there!) to play LPs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Well, I do recall a Stereo Review article many years ago about the Lirpa Compact Dish Player. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 ---------------- On 3/26/2005 8:11:44 PM ben. wrote: At the time (and without my knowledge), borderline 5U4Gs were causing the amps to run a bit hot. After a time, the Scout would feel warm to the touch. I knew this was not optimal for TT setup minutae, but I had other plans in the works, so I didn't sweat it too much. Anyhow, a few hours later, I began to remove the LP from the platter, and when I did, I noticed it was much improved. On a whim, I left it on overnight, and the LP is now nearly warp-free, at least in average condition for a mass-market 1980 release. ---------------- Are you sure it wasn't the vacuum in the tubes "sucking" the LP down onto the platter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 you could invest in the Air-Tight record flattener...$1,500 if I remember correctly...regards, tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Well, Tony, now you're just being silly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 like multithousands dollars investments in vinyl playback? lol, tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxg Posted March 27, 2005 Author Share Posted March 27, 2005 I hope that is not a critisism Tony - of high $$ payback systems!! Anyway - just to set the record straight - the clamp and underlying ring is the princely sum of 830 Euros - or about $1000 at retail. Ludicrous price for what it is - but it does its job and there really wasnt any other obvious alternative. At least I dont expect it to break down anytime soon. I liked some of Fini's ideas - but storage of these "glued to the platter" records might be a problem. And yes there are platters that suck....but this is a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazman Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Max, The link Ben posted has an alternative ring available for sale. The VPI ring clamp runs $499. The one pictured below is supposed to be $350. I will be investigating further, and already have a reply from the site. I'll need to check it out in more depth to compare it with the VPI offering, but it's at least an alternative, selling at a substantial savings to the VPI and Clearaudio offerings. The one review of the ring clamp seemed to indicate some hokie pokie way of requiring use of an alignment jig, and I don't think VPI or Clearaudio require such an aid. Tim(nodisc) had previously posted a photo of the VPI clamp with the Scoutmaster upgrade. Klipsch out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxg Posted March 28, 2005 Author Share Posted March 28, 2005 Yes that does look to be an interesting alternative - and one that is comparitively cheap. The alignment jig is also offered by Clearaudio for other tables as a means of centering the thing properly - although they call it the spider. I also remembered that someone else had tried a ring out on this site but cound not remember who - thanks for reminding me! If the maker of the ring happens to be the maker of your table, whatever it is, that is probably an advantage as I am sure, just like Clearaudio, they have figured out a quick and easy way to use the thing. I should also point out that this really is an upgrade only for high mass designed tables. Suspended tables are very unlikely to be able to cope with the additional weight without some serious re-arrangement of the suspension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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