Turn Table Unit Floating in The Air

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Turn Table Unit Floating in The Air

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https://www.csport.audio/products/produ ... gJ04PD_BwE

I saw an add for this and had to click on it. If you link Engrish, you won't be disappointment.
In order to suppress micro vibration from the floor,19 kgs granite turntable base is equipped.Also 17kgs stainless platter is lifted by air bearing and rotates very stably and quietly. The platter is only loaded by a few hundred grams in the lateral direction by the yarn belt to support the rotation.
By the way, granite is a horrible choice if you're trying to suppress vibrations. Wood, especially MDF, is excellent. It's a neat looking turntable. I have no doubt this thing probably costs $10K. I didn't see any pricing.

I hate that the audiophile realm is filled with so much snake oil. This handy unit demagnetizes your vinyl: https://www.csport.audio/products/products-ime1-en.html

This would be a neat tonearm if it didn't require an air pump. I really don't want to listen to an air pump when I'm listening to music: https://www.csport.audio/products/produ ... -2-en.html
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I still have my old discrete 4 channel setup I bought in the late 70's. It's a Pioneer SX525 with a Q600 for the true 4 channel. I also have 15 4 channel LP's. I don't use it any more, and my kids laugh at me for keeping it. It's currently setting in a box. The Japanese (Pioneer) made some quality electronics back in the day. I never had an issue with the SX525 but the Q600 burned out a power transistor which I had a shop fix back in the early 80's. After the fix, I decided to take it apart and use a different system.
The SX525 was my very first purchase at 17 years old back in 1972. My first time getting credit, even though my dad was against it. My dad always believed in paying for cash, but hey I was a poor teen with a part time job. I think the unit cost about ~$200 back in the day which was a lot of money.
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You might be surprised to find out how much some vintage audio stuff is going for these days.
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I've been looking at either buying a cassette deck but I'd like to have my Pioneer CT-W650R refurbished. Deck A needs a path alignment. Deck B is only in alignment in one direction. I've never had it opened up in the 25+ years I've owned it. It's truly a great deck but I have no idea where to even begin looking to get it fixed. I know it seems silly to want a functioning cassette deck. However, there are still small music labels such as Dinzu Artifacts https://www.dinzuartefacts.com/ that still release cassettes. They are still a minority and I don't think the cassette will ever make a comeback.

Most of the serviced Pioneer and Nakamichi decks I see on e-bay run upwards of $200 to $1,000. I've been keeping an eye on these two sellers as they seem to know their stuff but I've never pulled the trigger as I really just want mine fixed. It matches the rest of my components.

It's kind of craze to think these decks cost as much repaired as they did new.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/babis8086/m.ht ... pg=&_from=

https://www.ebay.com/sch/abraxasaudio/m ... rmvSB=true
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You could youtube and see if there are any videos out there how to do it your self. I used to have a reel to reel that I had to do that stuff to and it wasn't that difficult once you have everything apart to get at the stuff you need to adjust.
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