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vinyl junkie
Join date: 2009-09-24
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 | | Subject: Thorens TD 309 MkII Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:15 pm | |
|  Love that, Thornes aren't so popular? |
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stu
 Join date: 2009-10-10
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| | Subject: Re: Thorens TD 309 MkII Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:30 am | |
| I quite like that, although for how long I could live with it before I actually started thinking it looked ridiculous remains to be seen.  |
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JSBach
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Location: Australia
| | Subject: Re: Thorens TD 309 MkII Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:01 am | |
| | stu wrote: | | I quite like that, although for how long I could live with it before I actually started thinking it looked ridiculous remains to be seen. |
I like the look of it but have to ask why so many manufacturers settle for glass platters when it's known glass is far from being an optimum material in that specific application. I suppose you could always add an after-market mat but I'm sick of products that require crutches from the get go. |
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vinyl junkie
Join date: 2009-09-24
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| | Subject: Re: Thorens TD 309 MkII Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:35 pm | |
| Maybe they like the resonances that glass gives, is one material better than another, or do they just sound different? |
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JSBach
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Location: Australia
| | Subject: Re: Thorens TD 309 MkII Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:27 pm | |
| | vinyl junkie wrote: | | Maybe they like the resonances that glass gives, is one material better than another, or do they just sound different? |
Cartridges, in their frantic attempt to stay in those wiggly grooves, generate vibrations into the LP itself which, if not properly damped & absorbed by the platter itself, reflect back into the cartridge as a delayed signal. There's some speculation that this form of distortion is the reason some people enjoy the sound of glass platters. Me, I'll stick with what's on the groove with as little delayed echo as is possible. |
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Virgo
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| | Subject: Re: Thorens TD 309 MkII Sat Feb 20, 2010 6:26 pm | |
| Doesn't the thickness of the glass play a part? With thin glass I could see this as a problem, but is it such a problem with a thick piece of glass like that found on the Thornes? |
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JSBach
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| | Subject: Re: Thorens TD 309 MkII Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:24 pm | |
| | Virgo wrote: | | Doesn't the thickness of the glass play a part? With thin glass I could see this as a problem, but is it such a problem with a thick piece of glass like that found on the Thornes? |
Yes, thickness does make a difference in the amount of reflection and the timing of the delay but it's still not a material I've ever liked the sound of, thick or thin. Others love it and it does look great. |
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Mark E Smith
 Join date: 2009-10-07
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| | Subject: Re: Thorens TD 309 MkII Fri Feb 26, 2010 7:38 pm | |
| Remember the impact the regas had though..on a non suspended deck to !
Maybe it livens the sound a little and appeals to a certain age group ?????
Maybe my old lugs would appreciate it ?? |
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JSBach
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| | Subject: Re: Thorens TD 309 MkII Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:57 pm | |
| | mark e smith wrote: | Remember the impact the regas had though..on a non suspended deck to !
Maybe it livens the sound a little and appeals to a certain age group ?????
Maybe my old lugs would appreciate it ?? |
What an embarrassing admission!
PS: TIme you had a boob implant dear. |
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