Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alice!ark From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) Newsgroups: net.audio,net.consumers Subject: Re: Re: Turntable Controversy Message-ID: <3955@alice.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 08:36:52 EDT Article-I.D.: alice.3955 Posted: Wed Jul 3 08:36:52 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Jul-85 04:11:51 EDT References: <430@enmasse.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 10 Xref: watmath net.audio:5226 net.consumers:2499 > 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.