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From: dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau)
Newsgroups: net.audio,net.consumers
Subject: Re: Re: Turntable Controversy
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Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 11:36:25 EDT
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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
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