Turntable Clinic November 2011

      
The clinic party was a big success.

Our guest expert Marc Meinhart really woke up a lot of people about the care of LPs, he was trying to help the average guy understand the turntable world. He also talked about how critical the allignment of phono cartridges and styli are. This includes vertical tracking adjustment, stylus pressure and anti-skate etc. He was very excited, and has a passion for LPs and turntables. Everyone loved it.

We also had the privelage of having Brian Tucker there, who has a great deal of technical expertise relating to turntables and reel to reels. He brought in a handmade English turntable. We have all learned a great deal from Brian, and his presence was well received.

Now for the "high impact" part of our party. Mr. Bunny played by Steve Puntillo, demonstrated that cheap/bad turntables can actually fly. His scientific demonstration of the gravity effect on poorly made turntables was very impressive. Everybody came outside the backdoor of Paragon and watched as Mr. Bunny meticulously threw turntables off the second floor balcony into the parking lot. It took a lot of tension out of all of us and made us feel good that it was the end of the line for some cheap turntables which have destroyed some historic records. Come in and Steve can show you some better alternatives.

Steve rebuilt over 250 turntables in 2011, and is making a lot of hand made custom parts.
His talent for improvisation led this turntable which you can see below. This turntable includes an SME 3009 tonearm. The main platter and bearing come from a Rek-O-Kut turntable. The motor pulley and belt come from a Clear Audio. This titanium plinth is the most beautiful plinth I have ever seen. I feel really good about this turntable being made out of a lot of recycled bits and pieces. This turntable is one of a kind and will be up for sale when finished.

For those who did not come, and would have liked to, you are welcome to come and see some of the rebuilt turntables, new ones and recreations etc. If you have something you would like to share with us in regards to a turntable, you are welcome to come in. I would like to thank the hard work and efforts by Mary Puntillo, Russ Keck, and my close friend Frank Pavlik for his extraordinary help in making this event possible.

Marc Meinhart shares his vast knowledge of turntables with attendees of this year's turntable clinic. 

 

Steve made this turntable from a $100,000 Ampex ColorVideo Reel to Reel for Broadcast originally made in 1980.

Everyone here in this photo was more seriously interested than I thought they would be. Goes to show how this turntable craze is getting really strong.
Brian Tucker from Pro Audio talking about turntables.

 

We had a great turnout this year!
Brian Tucker talks about a new turntable from the Funk Firm. We are considering adding this to our product line.