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Industry Circles => Well Tempered Lab => Topic started by: Mike Pranka on 25 Feb 2010, 02:11 pm
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Welcome to the WTL Circle! Both myself and Mike Thomson at WTL in New Zealand look forward to answering any questions that we can. I hope this forum will facilitate lighthearted exchange about one of the audio world's most unique and enduring designs- Bill Firebaugh's Well Tempered Lab turntable.
Mike
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Hiya Mike,
Congrats on the new WTL Circle :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
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Very cool :thumb: Howdy Mike.
John
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Congrats to Mike and WTL! Analog is still best to my old ears.
Best Regards,
Jake
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Glad to find this! I have an older Well Tempered which sat new and unused in a friend's basement for years. It took years to get him to dig it out and part with it but it's found a good home.
It's just a tremendous product with such clever engineering; it really shows up the CDs.
It's actually leveled a bit better than this crummy photo shows.
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=27245)
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Looks nice. Should sound great if setup well...
Mine never did have a dustcover.
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Excellent! Love my Well Tempered Turntable!!! Who's the local representative in the US?
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=27326)
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That would be Mike Pranka, the moderator of this forum :green:
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Correct me if I'm mistaken but for the older tables, I believe it's still Stanalog
www.stanalog.com
and Dynavector for the newer models.
www.dynavector-usa.com
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SO glad to see this forum available. The original WTT was what I used when I returned to vinyl in the early 90's. I've great respect for Bill Firebaugh's designs and am very excited about/interested in the Amadeus. Will be following this forum to get and keep "up to speed."
I expect that there will be a Well Tempered Amadeus in my future.
Regards,
Doak
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The dustcover and hinge kit came from Stanalog and was a bit nerve wracking to install as I had to drill holes in both the table and the cover and get it to mount up properly. Have to get it right the first time!
Some new albums came in this evening and the sound quality from this turntable/cartridge/phono stage is astonishingly good.
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I am the happy owner of a new WTA. Have been re-discovering my vinyl for the past three months via WTA with Dynavector through Shindo. I have sent multiple e-mails inquiring about a dust cover with no reply. Is such a product available? Is there a hinged model? How can it be purchased?
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I bought my dustcover and hinge kit from Stanalog
http://stanalog.stores.yahoo.net/accessories.html
My Well Tempered is an older model and the cover measures 14 7/8 x 18 3/8" (give or take) with the hinge itself going down about an inch into the base. Perhaps that would work on the new ones?
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Hi Shaker, there was talk of a dustcover of sorts, but I haven't heard, hopefully Mr P will see this and answer. I have read on PinkFish that some users were looking to source somebody to make dustcovers for them, but haven't seen a followup.
So what Shindo are you using? and with what speakers? Do tell.....
Thinking about it, I doubt there'd be a hinged model coming, would have to be too tall to clear the arm pillar--perhaps? probably more like a take off and on acrylic type...
Thanks!
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Shaker,
Sorry, I haven't received any email regarding dustcovers.. feel free to contact me directly at:
info@dynavector-usa.com
Best,
Mike
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Here's my Turntable. It has a Grado "Silver" cartridge and a Hagtech "Bugle" phono stage. While it's not as nicely finished as the production tables, it makes great sound. If you're wondering, I'll just mention that it isn't a clone.
(http://silversaltstudio.com/SilverSaltStudio/diyFest_09_files/Media/IMG_6008/IMG_6008.jpg?)
Best Regards,
TerryO
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Hey, looks like Firebaugh Jr. at work....
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My dustcover just answered the hinged vs non-hinged/removable debate for me by popping itself apart where the screws attach to the cover!
Piece uh crap.
So, I'm now firmly in the removable dust cover camp.
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SO glad to see this forum available. The original WTT was what I used when I returned to vinyl in the early 90's. I've great respect for Bill Firebaugh's designs and am very excited about/interested in the Amadeus. Will be following this forum to get and keep "up to speed."
I expect that there will be a Well Tempered Amadeus in my future.
Regards,
Doak
Got mine last week!!
The WTA and Decca London Super Gold are a marriage made in music heaven.
Doak
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Hi Mike,i'm newbie in here.i have a question about overhang,i saw the WT blog ,and they say the overhang is 0.5,and just want to know 0.5 inches or 0.5 cm,thanks
Sam
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Hello Mike, You were probably amused at my desperate email over on the Audiogon forum just before I found out about this wonderful site!
As an old audiophile, definitely phonocentric, everyone here, I'm sure, can understand my desperation at getting my Well Tempered Labs Reference TT/Arm up and running again.
At any rate, it seems I have found the right place. I'll read over the posts here and hopefully find a solution to what fluids to use for the arm, perhaps even the platter pivot, what protractor to use, etc.
If anyone is in the Cincinnati area, will be happy to pay for professional visit to help. I'm old and shaky now. Still hear well though!
Thanks, and can't wait to get those old records playing! I'm tired of merely sleeping with them. After our move, they are piled to the ceiling in the bedroom. Along with Quads, ARC tube gear. My wife thinks I deserve this fate.
Jim
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Hi Jim,Before i got WT Amadeus GTA,i also use WT reference,so i have a WT arm protractor,and i just check the WT reference OVERHANG is 16mm,and inner null point is 69mm,outer null point is 127.2mm,hope can help you.the WT reference is great.
Sam
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Hi Jim,Before i got WT Amadeus GTA,i also use WT reference,so i have a WT arm protractor,and i just check the WT reference OVERHANG is 16mm,and inner null point is 69mm,outer null point is 127.2mm,hope can help you.the WT reference is great.
Thanks a lot Sam. Will need those measurements soon. Speaking of the WT arm protractor, for the life of me I can't, so far, find the one I was using formerly.
I wondering if it is necessary to clean out the old damping fluid and put some fresh stuff in there? Seems to me it was dusty even before I stored the table. I sure don't want to dismantle very much as my vision isn't so good. But if there is a way to start over fresh without too much trouble I would.
Would you recommend doing something about the lubricant for the pivot? I don't remember checking this in the past.
Do you know if there are any diagrams that show step by step directions for such things? I've downloaded the manuals for the table and arm but they don't seem very informative. At least to me.
Thanks again. By the way, I'm awaiting the dust cover I'm having made.
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Hi Jim,i think you can handle how to set up the WT reference(it's not hard to set up),and trust your ears.
Sam
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It's 100,000 cst silicone for the arm cup and Mobil 1 5/30 (or similar) for the platter.
You can get the silicone goo on eBay for a couple of bucks a bottle - get two and you'll have extra.
You can get the goo out with a few paper towels.
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Introducing myself now that I have finally purchased an Amadeus (used). I hope to set it up in the next week or so and then probably sell my Linn LP-12.
Dan
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Happy owner of a new Simplex! Well, since about December. Great table. Saving up for the DPS later this year.
Wilson
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I just dug my WTT out and decided to get it going again. I bought this WTT in 1987, so I assume it was the first edition, simply known as The Well Tempered Table. I see the silicone has either leaked out of the spindle and the tonearm cup and the table is covered with oily residue. The belt is also broken. How do I go about getting two new syringes of the silicone lubricant? I seem to recall they one for the spindle was lighter in viscosity than the heavier gel used in the tonearm cup. Also, where to buy a new belt?
Thanks!
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^ for Remposs: http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=145693.0
Welcome. You might wanna post your WTT refresh in a new thread....let us know how it goes.
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Hi All, wonder if this thread is still active. I'm a new WTT classic owner
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Welcome WTT classic owner. is your motor square or round
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Hi All, wonder if this thread is still active. I'm a new WTT classic owner
Hi , is anyone still here or has the party moved on somewhere else? Just thought I'd say hello, I'm another happy WTL turntable owner. Amadeus GTA with a Transfiguration Orpheus cartridge, I bought the deck second hand from a dealer nearly five years ago, picked up the cart a year later. I've just fitted a LTD arm wand , a very worthwhile upgrade, huge improvement in SQ.
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Hi All, wonder if this thread is still active.
+1
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Hey everyone I wanted to stop and introduce myself as I'm waiting on my Amadeus GTA to arrive and I'm looking forward to the set up and listening . Looks like there is a great deal of info here which I'm sure will be helpful .