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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
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Subject: Re: Re: Turntable Controversy
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Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 08:36:52 EDT
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> 	Not true.  How come radio stations mostly use direct drive.
> This is what I have always heard to be true.  Maybe it is just in the
> really high end (>$800) that direct drives excel and in the mid range
> ($200 - $800) that belt drives excel.

I expect that radio stations use direct drive turntables
because they tend to come up to speed faster and make it
easier to do things like slip-cueing, back-cueing, etc.
Also, a radio station cannot ever afford a broken belt
while playing a record.