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Subject: Re: linear tracking turntable inquiry
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Date: Sun, 29-May-83 03:37:29 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 29 03:37:29 1983
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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
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