yuckyamson
pfm Member
I'm resurrecting this thread. It needs updating.
Who can repopulate this with current info? Should we start a new thread?
Who can repopulate this with current info? Should we start a new thread?
It's interesting you find the Funk upgrades most appealing or "technically sound".
You do have to take into consideration that they advocate for the biggest *design* changes over and above execution implementation. They don't say "Same design, different materials, better for reasons x, y, z" but rather "this is how we would redesign the table". I'm not saying they're wrong, I haven't heard any of their stuff. Of course the DC motor thing was a boon for them, but proposing to put the motor onto the subchassis is for sure a point of major contention and debate....and then it's interesting that their biggest upgrade puts the motor BACK onto the top plate but in a different spot (I think I have it right if I'm interpreting a rather 1995-esque website correctly and looking at the pictures right). Also when you go top of the line from them, the added pulleys change the overall design yet again....it's a lot to consider.
I'd like to hear one like that though. No way to know what you're dealing with until you hear it.
Vinyl passion are now selling a replacement for the valhalla board but with 33 and 45 speed selection and much improved performance, worth considering, Mark Sears spent nearly five years developing.
What did the vector do for the sound cf the original Linn drive? Was the D.C. motor part of vector or separate? If that was the case, what did you make of D.C. ?I had an 'LP 12' with the full Funkfirm Vectored set up. Top plate, sub chassis with their motor attached, the pulleys and their psu. Financial hiccup meant I had to part with it. Trounced any of the many and varied LP 12 set ups that have graced the wall shelf.
As to psu's, Funk apart, I found a d.i.y. Geddon far preferable to any Lingos that passed thru.
Have to say I was an early entrant to the Vector set up but received numerous upgrades free of charge from Arthur as it developed.
Price then was rather less scary than it is now.
There's nothing on their website but I did see a picture on their eBay shop - looks very interesting - though with some rather ‘spectacular’ marketing type claims regarding its performance.
There's nothing on their website but I did see a picture on their eBay shop - looks very interesting - though with some rather ‘spectacular’ marketing type claims regarding its performance.
What did the vector do for the sound cf the original Linn drive? Was the D.C. motor part of vector or separate? If that was the case, what did you make of D.C. ?
The Heed PS is called the Orbit. I think there was a version 1 and 2. The version 1 is single speed and version 2 will do two speeds.
Stacks Audio v.s. Funk Vector LP12 - anybody on the Planet heard both?
EDIT: you got me thinking, I have just looked it up and the very early Orbit 1 was single speed but that must have been well over ten years ago.