I tore into the turntable this morning. Lon has turned me into a regular customer of Herbie's. I installed Iso cups, Iso bases and grunge buster balls as the new support feet and they sit on a 2" thick Mapleshade Maple Isolation platform supported by double Isoblocks for feet. Now I can't find my geo disc or protractor but I did find the stylus pressure gauge thingy, screwdriver, mirror and needlenose so I changed the cartridge and tried to wing it.
Door bell rings it's UPS a day early with my ZP3. Also in the box is a pair of new 1/2 meter interconnect. Today is not going good, the turntable is not working, I cant find my tools and the ZP3 arrived built backwards. I now hear the Civil Rights marchers in the background singing "We Will Overcome". Best plan at this time is eat lunch and drink a beer, that's how we handle pressure here in the deep south.
OK no big deal with the inputs and outputs mounted in the front I can deal with it. Taboo, CSP2 and ZP3 sit on smaller 2" thick Mapleshade maple isolation platforms supported by double Isoblocks just like the turntable. I have 20 Vibrapods, which I planned to use till I came up with a better plan, under the equipment then an idea hit me. I also had some lampblack balls left over from the Iso Cups I got from Herbie and they fit right in the center well of the Vibrapods so I put them under the Taboo and things don't sound bad but I havent had time to swap them in and out yet but they do look kind of cool and different. Back to the computer to order more Herbie's balls and he stuck me for one of those Grungebuster $150 platter mats. I wonder if Lon gets a cut?
New today are PS Audio Prelude power cords on everything, Vibrapods under everything, CSP2 got a Mazda 5Y4GB rectifier and the Taboo got a pair of cyro Mullard EL 84. I like and I told Steve if I was wearing lipstick I would have it on both ears. The slight changes i made seemed to tame some of the brightness and made the music sound much warmer and liquid. I have been listening to the same 5 discs all week, music I am very familiar with.
Everything still looks like a mad science project with wires and glowing tubes everywhere but I'm not concerned. Steve has agreed to supply me with more interconnects and a Z box for the CD. This is the most fun I have had with my clothes on in a long while. I hope my Radials get here by my Birthday in March