Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site umd5.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!umd5!don From: don@umd5.UUCP Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: RE: turntable controversy Message-ID: <644@umd5.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 11:13:46 EDT Article-I.D.: umd5.644 Posted: Tue Jul 9 11:13:46 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 04:32:49 EDT References: <340@ucdavis.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U of Md, CSC, College Park, Md Lines: 31 > > The only direct-drive turntable that I have seen used in broadcasting > is the Technics SP-10. Only a comparatively few stations are quality- > conscious enough to lay out the kind of money that one of those costs. > I think that they're over $2,000 apiece now, less arm. They have more > than enough torque for the job, though, and come up to speed almost > immediately from a standing start. > -- Interesting, my Technics SL-D20 gets up to speed in 1/2 to 3/4 rev. from a dead stop (it's direct drive, too) -- > > On a related topic, someone once told me that direct-drive turntables > end to become more rumble-prone with age. In other words, their performance > deteriorates over time. Can anyone comfirm or deny this? > *** REPLACE THese bearings WITH a new set *** It make sense to me if you don't oil the bearings after 2,000 hrs. of use like the factory recommends. Extreme bearing wear == RUMBLE. -- --==---==---==-- ___________ _____ ---- _____ \ //---- IDIC ----- _\______//_ ---- ---------- ARPA: don@umd5.ARPA BITNET: don%umd5@umd2 SPOKEN: Chris Sylvain UUCP: {seismo,rlgvax,allegra,brl-bmd,nrl-css}!umcp-cs!cvl!umd5!don