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In the Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter

Post Subject: Motortype and FlywheelPosted by Retrofunk on: 1/23/2016

Wellington, my motor has separate pots so that I can make adjustments on the the fly to the speed, having said that I do not know if it has a built-in Tach to maintain speed under load. I will follow up with Mirko. A friend has the RY-5500 and the clone flywheel and did not have nearly as much trouble getting them to work together. However, when I started this journey I did not have the luxury of space, as I had a Lenco in fairly close proximity and therefore could not benefit from leverage by having the distance from the table greater. Having done that and using the correct thread, all is good.
With regard to 'is there a sonic difference' when using the Flywheel, after the expense, the time and the PITA factor...'hell yeah' there's a difference! LOL. To be honest, if there is, I really don't hear it, but that could be my ears (48 years old) or that room is far from sonically complimentary to my system. Adding the CU 180 was a bit upgrade, then replacing that with the SS platter, again big upgrade, adding the 'SDP' atop the SS platter, again big improvement. Others will swear by an improvement the Flywheel adds, and to their ears I am sure it does. But I have to say the visual and geometric aspect of the set up is stunning.

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