Yamaha GT-2000 Turntable Social Group

[totem]

I recall reading the post on AK from the fellow who was recapping the tables and disassembled the arms
to remove the metal rods inside, thought that was very interesting information.

 

[808_state]

What a beautiful platter:

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e240167171

And considering that there is a 2000x (one of the nicest to appear in while) and a YAB-1 (whether useful or not) listed, for roughly $15k you could fast forward to the end of the line for Yamaha top of the line.

 

[808_state]

There's one Yamaha GT 2000 accessory you won't be finding on another turntable.

Comparing the three or four that have been up on the jp auction over the last six months I've noticed some variations in the finish. Its makes me wonder if one or two were actually high quality replicas. The one above is probably the most gorgeous one to have come up.

 

[Mark B]

This 2900 gram copper turntable mat is available from an Italian company, Torqueo-Audio.

 

[totem]

I would guess that adding the copper platter mat leaves little to no original spindle height left due to
its thickness, the bottom would have a recess for the existing spindle.

 

[ateal]

While we are on the topic; How's this pimped GT 2000?

Not my cup of tea.

 

[808_state]

Since the Torqueo mat comes out of the box with an integral spindle, how do we fit it to the Yamaha GT 2000?

It looks pretty but I think I'd rather find a machine shop with an adventurous spirit and give them my aluminum platter to make a brass replica of the YGT.

 

[808_state]

Not my cup of tea.

It's the scotch and cigars model

 

[808_state]

I agree entirely. The Torqueo mat lists on ebay for over $800US. That figure would get one a long way towards a decent custom milled platter. As you have seen in the numerous threads about the GT 2000, I have been an advocate of this for quite a number of years. I feel that stainless steel is the preferred metal.

Brass is heavier/more dense...why the stainless?

 

[Mark B]

Since the Torqueo mat comes out of the box with an integral spindle, how do we fit it to the Yamaha GT 2000?

The spindle you see is part of the box that the platter mat is shipped in. When you zoom in you can see that it's a wooden dowel.

It looks pretty but I think I'd rather find a machine shop with an adventurous spirit and give them my aluminum platter to make a brass replica of the YGT.

I agree entirely. The Torqueo mat lists on ebay for over $800US. That figure would get one a long way towards a decent custom milled platter. As you have seen in the numerous threads about the GT 2000, I have been an advocate of this for quite a number of years. I feel that stainless steel is the preferred metal.

I've tried to job a small lot of stainless platters from a couple of precision fabrication shops. I didn't get a response from either shop.

 

[808_state]

The spindle you see is part of the box that the platter mat is shipped in. When you zoom in you can see that it's a wooden dowel.





I've tried to job a small lot of stainless platters from a couple of precision fabrication shops. I didn't get a response from either shop.

I'm going to call a couple of local shops directly and see what they say.

 

[pfcs49]

I've tried to job a small lot of stainless platters from a couple of precision fabrication shops. I didn't get a response from either shop.

That's because stainless is incredibly hard. Even drilling stainless is difficult and wears the tooling quickly.
An enterprising DIYer might try casting a brass platter then getting it machined.

 

[ateal]

If ever there is an illustration of how much weight the GT 2000 motor can handle, check out this photo. That's a GT 2000x but they were all rated to carry the gunmetal platter. The photo is of a 4.7 Kg stainless steel platter mat on top of the 18Kg gunmetal platter. That's a combined total of a hair more than 50 pounds that the motor will be turning:

Good to see someone else running Ortofon SPU cartridges on their GT2000. A match made in heaven.

 

[808_state]

Um, Yamaha resurrecting the GT?

https://www.analogplanet.com/content/tokyo-international-audio-show-2017-day-2

Interestingly enough Fremer states the pictured prototype has a belt drive.

 

[pfcs49]

Good grief!

 

[808_state]

I'm really curious to know why they have it mounted with an arm similar to the YSA-2. The GT-750 also shows up in the video of Fremer's visit to DSaudio.

 

[Onvinyl]

Guys,
I am back to the forum since I figured I want my GT performing it‘s best. A lot of information has been given since I last visited (spend a few hours to keep up), so will recap the control board, (I think it needs too long to start-up and didn‘t perform too well in a w&f test) and build a sota yop-1 replacement during the winter and thinking about isolation. No way I buy 14 unobtainable clearaudio magnet pucks for insane money, though!
What else could we do? Any isolation platforms that come into your mind?
A forums rebuild of the original isolation thingy you see at TVK, perhaps?
And, then there‘s the arm. I have it rewired for balanced operation: solder joint at the headhslle connector and then straight to the phonopre connecting there with lemo-plugs. Not particulary bad. But then, I own a SAEC 407/23 as well (not the gt-version) has some one managed to fit it to the gt-2000?

Love to hear you‘re musings...
Rüdiger

 

[Onvinyl]

I will also experiment with sylomer-pads as damping/isolating devices.

 

[Mark B]

I'm going to call a couple of local shops directly and see what they say.

Any luck with this?

 

[808_state]

Any luck with this?

Admittedly I haven't followed up on this but I will have a bunch of time off coming up and it's on my list. I need a welder to fashion braces for one of my racks so hopefully I can kill two birds with one stone. Thanks for the reminder and also for your good words on the CX-1 preamp, I picked one up and I love it. It gets along really well with my B-2x.