Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!wivax!linus!allegra!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!hogpc!houti!ariel!vax135!cornell!tesla!jeff From: jeff@tesla.UUCP Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: linear tracking turntable inquiry Message-ID: <81@tesla.UUCP> Date: Sat, 28-May-83 13:39:22 EDT Article-I.D.: tesla.81 Posted: Sat May 28 13:39:22 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 29-May-83 07:47:16 EDT References: houxt.299 Lines: 17 Relay-Version:version B 2.10 5/3/83; site mhuxt.UUCP Message-ID:<81@tesla.UUCP> Date:Sat, 28-May-83 13:39:22 EDT Linear-tracking turntables have always seemed to me to gadgetry for its own sake. Naturally if it could be done perfectly (i.e., without ANY drag on the stylus to keep it normal to the radius of the disc) it should lead to better sound than available with a standard tonearm; but it`s never done "perfectly" and the results would probably be barely audible, if at all audible, anyway. Just too much engineering for too small a result(possibly a negative result in terms of distortion and record wear if proper tangency cannot be maintained) which is in principle a Bad Thing. Nowadays you`d be better off saving your $ for a CD player; prices should hit $300 in a few years. There have been linear-tracking tables on the market, on or off, more more than 20 years; none has managed to stay on the market. Jeff