Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site tove.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!tove!dsn From: dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau) Newsgroups: net.audio,net.consumers Subject: Re: Re: Turntable Controversy Message-ID: <260@tove.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 11:36:25 EDT Article-I.D.: tove.260 Posted: Wed Jul 3 11:36:25 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 06:05:40 EDT References: <496@leadsv.UUCP> <430@enmasse.UUCP> Reply-To: dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau) Distribution: net Organization: U of Maryland, Laboratory for Parallel Computation, C.P., MD Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.audio:5238 net.consumers:2516 In article <430@enmasse.UUCP> mike@enmasse.UUCP (Mike Schloss) writes: >> >> When you are looking at an expensive range of turntables, the >> belt drive tables are better. > > Not true. How come radio stations mostly use direct drive. I believe the reason radio stations use direct-drive turntables is because they come up to full speed very fast, which is important for cueing up records in quick succession. That has nothing to do with how good or bad direct-drive turntables are in other respects. -- Dana S. Nau, Computer Science Dept., U. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 ARPA: dsn@maryland CSNet: dsn@umcp-cs UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!dsn Phone: (301) 454-7932