Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!microsof!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!cdi!caf From: caf@cdi.UUCP Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: linear tracking turntable inquiry Message-ID: <199@cdi.UUCP> Date: Sun, 29-May-83 03:37:29 EDT Article-I.D.: cdi.199 Posted: Sun May 29 03:37:29 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 3-Jun-83 06:10:15 EDT References: <81@tesla.UUCP> Lines: 13 I had a Rabco straight line tracking table/arm with a rotating cylinder for several years (still have it in the back room ...). The tracking mechanisim introduced significant noise into the playback process. When I replaced it with a mid-line (best unit that still had pitch control) Sony conventional direct drive semi-automatic, I was amazed at how much quieter my records had become. With the "Dynamic Stablizer" in some of the newer cartridges (Shure V-15/V) the short length/low mass of a linear tracking tonearm is no longer quite so important. -- Chuck Forsberg, Chief Engr, Computer Development Inc. 6700 S. W. 105th, Beaverton OR 97005 (503) 646-1599 cdi!caf