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Yes...apparently the Mode switch will come in Mojo or Slimpikins flavours.

Ian likes my Disco Fever over top of Bourbon Mellow.... I am still thinking Bourbon Mellow over Gin gut punch

New observation:

I bought my VPI Ares3 turntable last May with the super platter from a guy out west. It came to me in mint condition without a tone arm as he removed his Dynavector ($7K tonearm),,he didn't wish to part with it understandably. I picked up a wonderful SME Series IV magnesium arm and I machined the tone arm board in the mill to accept the SME. I have been using this set up since last spring with amazement in how it performs..... and how warm it sounds with the Model T's and EP 500.

I had asked Howard, the gent who sold me this TT, when the last time he put lube on the bearings of the super platter, he told me that he never lubed it !!!!!! Huh??? Yikes!!!. OK, it appears from what I can see to be an oil impregnated bronze bearing over stainless steel, it should survive.

Anyway, I got in some 'superlube PTFE' lube today; this is a silicone based dialectric and food grade grease with PTFE, also known as Teflon, which is water resistant and a corrosion inhibiting grease compound. I lifted the 25 pound super platter off of the main bearing spindle and applied the grease to the shaft and ball bearing at the top (settle down now Mojo).... reinstalled the platter and then did a spin test.... yikes, the platter just turned so freely... I mean it kept going.

I put on some good vinyl with great bass tonight. I have never heard such bass extension out of the new to me EP500! I have no idea what just happened, but I am guessing that the reduction of friction and perhaps a more 'free floating' bearing is causing less absorption of signal into the base of the turntable and it's passing into the phono stage.

Just a guess, but this is pretty evident on this end.

My EP500 sounds so much smoother Can't wait to add in the 800

OK, night 2 on the SlimSlide, silicone/Teflon grease applied to the bearing in the turntable..... either the new EP500 suddenly broke in (and I don't believe in driver break-in) or this made a huge difference in what is pumping out of these speakers. Forget wasting money on interconnects which cost a thousand bucks, or buying some electronic controller to make sure your 33 1/3 speed is within .0001% of speed rating. Get a tube of $7 grease. I am onto something here

Just re-brand the grease and sell it for $1000. All the audiophools will flock to it.

I am going to be kind, $19.95, free shipping if you call in the next 5 minutes and if you are willing to pay for shipping, we will double your offer, just pay a simple handling charge.....$1000

Sorry...I gave up my turntable and over 400 vinyls to a sonic fox 30 years ago for 6 months of fun.

i saw some vinyl offered on one of the re-selling sites listed as MojoVintage... must have been your stuff

Anything Mojo on the web is indeed mine. The internet never lies.

Glad to hear that is 'real news' not 'fake news'