Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttrdc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!mgnetp!ltuxa!ttrdc!levy From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: re: re: re: turntable controversy Message-ID: <261@ttrdc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 21:00:33 EDT Article-I.D.: ttrdc.261 Posted: Mon Jul 8 21:00:33 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Jul-85 07:37:18 EDT References: <340@ucdavis.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Teletype Corp., Skokie, IL Lines: 15 from ccrse@ucdavis.UUCP (Steve Ehrhardt) in <340@ucdavis.UUCP>: > >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? > I can see that the direct-drive turntable might get more rumbly with age (and for that matter the belt-drive too) simply from motor and turntable bearings drying out and/or getting dust-clogged. But bearing cleaning and relube (if possible) would fix--has anyone actually done this? Dan Levy, hacker AT&T Data Communication Products Division (i.e., Teletype) ..!ihnp4!ttrdc!levy