He was just checkin articulation!!...hahahh!

And error prone. Surprised the thing is glued together. For as expensive as it looks. Then again, maybe I don't understand how you attach carbon fiber to metal.

I was wondering if anyone else noticed that… Reminds me of that movie Armageddon when Ben affleck has a crankshaft from an engine stood up on a bench and he’s measuring it with a dial indicator… also by hand/eye 🤣

@@glynnetolar4423 epoxy

There's a lot of nonsense in this video. Like using carbon fibre on a balanced arm instead of metal (why does the weight matter if its balanced?) Then using 'copper coated wires' to avoid interference? So it's got massive capacitance then? Wouldn't be surprised if an old technics 1210 gave a better sound in a blind test. It is technically superior after all, with its direct drive.

@@jdmjesus6103 I guarantee it probably would, esp. since most of those older machines had some form of speed control for the platter drive. The drive mechanism on this looks like something from someone's science fair project in grade school.

@@jdmjesus6103 "copper coated wires"...No! they have a copper foil overwrap. Yes, that does increase capacitance. So what? That's easy enough to compensate for in the audio circuit. More important, that copper wrap shields those pickup wires from EMI and RFI which could induce static at the audio pre-amp.

@@mysock351C The differences in motor technology are night and day different. Motor speed is digitally controlled on the new motors. Old phonographs had to be adjusted for each of the three speeds (33rpm, 45rpm, 78rpm) using a oscilloscope by turning a potentiometer on the control board.

@@jdmjesus6103 technices are the best turntables out their. If you can find a real vintage one that still works it produces the best sound quality

I'll be honest, it's better than I can do.

Cause it’s the vinyl countdown]]

I dunno man. Didn’t sound like a purposeful pun. Normally you can tell, because they use a different tone. This was in fact a vinyl test.

Hey, I vinyly got it.

same here

Same’sees

same!!

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Came here for this! lol

Came for this

this is probably the least clever joke in history

Setting azimuth by eye No azimuth adjustment Off the shelf motor complete with the part number and where to get it Amazing

Yes, looks absolutely worthless. The vintage turntables are much more nice to look at.

These are for hipsters with more money than sense.

Also, the solder job was kinda, questionable? Heated up the heat shrink sleeves with the iron instead of like - an at least $20 heat gun.

And the one in this video costs a few thousand dollars too

Or a better job at soldering those wires.......

@@HSCollectibles YEP. It would help if he had a proper iron, instead of that cheapo. Also a heatgun for the heatshrink.

That's how they do it in Ghana.

If it's work, why not? It will also be cheaper to replace it in case of damage.

@@mra.prasetio You want a very accurate way to control RPM's. It will not sound right if the RPM is off even just a little.

I thought the same thing, so I looked the part number up for the motor and it looks to be a £90 component

You also must know that the black gentleman was added for woke effect.

@alanrogs3990 The show is out of Montreal, so no, they are not concerned with labels applied by Governor DeSantis.

Not a tech. Just a woke addition. They got him from the warehouse.

Compared to hand operated milling?

Wait this piece of junk is $5000 ???

@@pronoe, you're paying for all the material they machined off of the big blocks of materials.

Tone arm wires are about as thin as human hair and not the easiest thing to solder even with experience soldering thicker gauge wires. You also have to do it four times and use heat shrink tubing on all solder joints. The TD-124 tone arm being surface mounted should make the job easier but it still won't be pleasant. The new $1,000.00 Technics SL-1200MK7 has history but the vintage MK2 have been the best since the late 1970's for direct drive with exceptional damping. Replacing the tone arm on a MK2 is a small nightmare because of the damping. The MK2's where used in pairs in almost every nightclub around the world for many decades before things went digital.

​@@frankorandleI've soldered coax cable where the outer diameter is less than 1mm. Those wires are a piece of cake.

The motor is a McLennan 9904 Reversible Synchronous AC Motor. It costs roughly. US$105 which is equivalent to adding $400-500 to the retail price of the final product. It is considered a high quality motor.

@@kimsmoke17 McLennan is a distributor. They don't make anything.

That $15 soldering iron....

And they can't afford a heat gun to properly shrink the tubing on those horrible solder joints?

Then he just fuckin stuffs everything in there, so much excess wire dangling around in there

I mean, the thing is glued together.

As someone who has to deal with budget cuts... I can see why, not saying I agree with it all, just saying I understand. Lol

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But how it’s made doesn’t love you

You're lame

But, but it's got a carbon fiber arm thingy...

@@BLUELEADER78 Haha... Ok, you've twisted my arm...

The dream Linn combo from the early 80s: Sondek, Ittok arm, Atac cartridge. I made do with a Dual 505, which I still have.

Where it's at

DJ?

...or shrink tubing.

Or adjust alignment horizontally...

Or poop in a bucket…

You're actually paying for all the extra materials they wasted. I mean a 12 ounce block of aluminum shaved down to 2 ounces. That costs money.

I often leave mine spinning when I change my records. No big deal if you do it quickly.

glad i'm not the only one who saw this hack job

Agreed. But what do you expect from India.

Oh waa waa! I've seen worse on others.

Wilson Benesch.

When you load a blank of material into a CNC, you need a known datum. In this case, a center hole is likely more convenient than ensuring any piece of acrylic they use has a precision corner.

@@_Jigen I understand that, this is what I do with a vinyl record that I CNC. In this case though, I'd mark in the software where the center is, and what circle I want, input blank's dimensions, and let the machine do the cutting - much more precisely. What they did makes little sense.

A lathe will always do round things better than a mill, it's about concentricity. That said, this turntable is all looks and no performance.

My favorite bit was using an entire mill as a glorified drill press

50% parts and labor.... his soldering iron is 2$ from aliexpress... :) Imagine heating the insulation with the soldering iron and not hot air pistol....

The motor is an McLennan Synchronous AC Motor. No need to “test” the speed…

The level of detail is not necessarily the deciding factor when determining what sounds better...

@@BrautiProductionz I can understand that when you are talking about instruments, but when we are talking about recordings OF instruments then you should aim for accuracy and not preference.

Obviously you've never heard a really nice turntable.

@@mcmillantod Obviously you have never looked into the science. Detail is lost. A single needle cannot follow two different waveforms with much precision.

That Full Circle turntable is about $4000 or £3000. Ridiculous right?

@@Peterljr888 I made my own turntable about 40 years ago and it was far better than that junk.

Are you high?