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From: jeff@tesla.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: linear tracking turntable inquiry
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Date: Sat, 28-May-83 13:39:22 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 28 13:39:22 1983
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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