Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!water!watdcsu!herbie 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 Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1509 Posted: Wed Jul 3 15:09:20 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Jul-85 00:44:36 EDT References: <496@leadsv.UUCP> <430@enmasse.UUCP> Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) Distribution: net Organization: U of Waterloo Lines: 40 Xref: watmath net.audio:5224 net.consumers:2497 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... I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble.... UUCP: {decvax|utzoo|ihnp4|allegra|clyde}!watmath!water!watdcsu!herbie CSNET: herbie%watdcsu@waterloo.csnet ARPA: herbie%watdcsu%waterloo.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa NETNORTH, BITNET, EARN: herbie@watdcs, herbie@watdcsu