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From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.audio,net.consumers
Subject: Re: Re: Turntable Controversy
Message-ID: <1509@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 15:09:20 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  3 15:09:20 1985
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References: <496@leadsv.UUCP> <430@enmasse.UUCP>
Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
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Summary: 

In article <430@enmasse.UUCP> mike@enmasse.UUCP (Mike Schloss) writes:
>> 	A good rule of thumb for buying turntables depends on the price
>> range.  If you are looking at cheaper models, the direct drive is better,
>> since it is simpler and more reliable.  Cheap belt drive turntables are
>> less accurate and reliable.
>> 
>> 	When you are looking at an expensive range of turntables, the
>> belt drive tables are better.  When more money is put into the system,
>> refinements are possible with belt drives that allow them to improve
>> upon the direct drive.
>
>	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.

professional applications favor direct drive turntables because when a
record is slip-cued, most belt drive turntables would stop, even with
the felt or velvet platter mat used in these applications.  most
cheaper direct-drive turntables would slow noticeably too.  a
professional direct-drive would have as high torque a motor as possible
to ensure the platter speed remains constant even when the record is
held from moving.  my Technics has a sufficiently powerful motor to
bring the 2.2 kg (4.8 pound) platter to full speed and quartz locked in
under 1 second.  not everyone one wants or needs such a turntable in
the home.

as for, rules of thumb, they are exactly that.  there are exceptions to
every one.  i can think of a few direct drive turntables that rival the
Oracle Delphi II and the Linn Sondek, but only a very few, 2 to be exact,
and they are just as expensive.

Herb Chong...

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