Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpcnof!dat From: dat@hpcnof.UUCP (dat) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Orphaned Response Message-ID: <47100001@hpcnof.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 13:32:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hpcnof.47100001 Posted: Mon Jul 8 13:32:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 05:33:18 EDT References: <1920@ut-ngp.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Fort Collins, CO Lines: 27 Nf-ID: #R:ut-ngp:1920:hpcnof:47100001:37777777600:1171 Nf-From: hpcnof!dat Jul 8 09:32:00 1985 Uh oh...the belt versus direct-drive turntable controversy rears its ugly head... As far as I recall reading, there is no significant difference between the two types with a SUFFICIENTLY good turntable. Some of the best turntables available are belt drive, and others are direct drive. On the low end, however, I suspect that a direct drive turntable would be a better purchase - low end being under, oh, $200 or so. I have a beltdrive turntable, and even when I first got it I noticed that there was some wow (ie inconsistent rotational speed) and it was audible on sufficiently hot days (changes the tension in the rubber belt, I guess). I went back and talked to the stereo place and they said, in so many words, 'you buy cheap, you get cheap, buddy!' and they were right. The turntable I'd LIKE to own (some day... some day) is an English direct drive table made by a company called Rega. The model I prefer is the Planer III. To my ears, they are 99.999% as good as a Linn Sondeck turntable, commonly acknowledged to be the best turntables in the world...the Rega is about $500 or so... Hope this helps! ---- Dave Taylor HP Colorado Networks