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From: fritz@hpfclp.UUCP (fritz)
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Subject: Re: Turntable recommendation
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Date: Sun, 18-Nov-84 21:35:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 18 21:35:00 1984
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> /***** hpfclp:net.audio / amdahl!wcg00 / 12:43 am  Nov 20, 1984*/
> Anyone have a recommendation for a linear-tracking turntable? I've
> looked at the B&O, Revox, Sony, etc., and I need some advice from
> someone that actually HAS one of these.

I'd be interested in what semi-serious audiophiles (as opposed to
rabid golden-ears, sorry!) have to say about these.  I like their
convenience, and they are about the only "decent" [semi-]automatic
tables on the market.  The idea is good (that's the way the cutter
made the grooves, blah, blah, blah), but I wonder greatly about the
actual implementation.  I mean, it seems like those little motors
whirring on & off to move the arm have got to affect the sound, as
would the fairly radical changes in stylus/groove angle as the
arm fell behind and was moved ahead.

As reference, I have compared a Linn Sondek with a Denon 300 (?)
semi-auto, and felt what little difference I could hear was nowhere
near worth the difference in cost.

Gary Fritz
Hewlett Packard Co
Ft Collins, CO
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