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Default Turntable "suspended in a vacuum" to prevent vibrations?

William Sommerwerck wrote...

Suspending something in a vacuum does not, in and of itself "prevent
vibrations". Whoever wrote this promotional material has little practical
understanding of physics.


It's the fault of whichever eedjit wrote the article for bornrich. He
appears to have confused the bearing design with the vacuum platter
clamping system.

Continuum themselves say...

"Other features include the use of a ball/thrust pad configuration for
vertical motion, and bronze alloy for the axial motion.

The bronze alloy contains higher than normal tin compounds, which fill
any micro asperities in the shaft over time to create an ultra silent
bearing.

We chose not to use magnetic vertical bearings as the VTA is constantly
changing due to the rotational effects of the platter, which results in
a loss of depth and soundstage."


The whole things rubbish, VPI will no doubt be surprised to learn that
they are now a subdivision of the Teac corp and that their HRX table
features 24 extremely, 300rpm AC synchronous motors, Or perhaps not.

I'm off to read the in depth reviews at
http://www.bornrich.org/entry/top-10...everyone-cant-
afford/

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Ken
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