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Turntable "suspended in a vacuum" to prevent vibrations?
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http://www.bornrich.org/entry/top-10...ve-turntables/ Look at number 5 - the description of the Continuum Caliburn includes this phrase: "The turntable employs a magnetically levitated magnesium platter, which is suspended in a vacuum to guarantee there are no vibrations." Suspending in a vacuum sounds like a contradiction in terms. A vacuum tends to draw things in. At some point the turntable has to be riding on some kind of bearing - i.e. something solid has to be contacting something solid - which AFAIK provides a potential conduit for vibration transmission. From a theoretical standpoint, how would you "suspend" something like this in a vacuum in a way that guarantees no vibration? And of course a vacuum requires a seal, which sounds like something with the potential to fail. |
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Turntable "suspended in a vacuum" to prevent vibrations?
Suspending something in a vacuum does not, in and of itself "prevent
vibrations". Whoever wrote this promotional material has little practical understanding of physics. |
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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. I worked for about a year for a company that makes chambers, valves, and pumps for the high vacuum industry and was amazed at the misconceptions of many within the company concerning high vacuum. The best was the assembly technician who confused vacuum and gravity and believed that astronauts floated around as they do because they were in the vacuum of space! -- ================================================== ====================== Michael Kesti | "And like, one and one don't make | two, one and one make one." mrkesti at hotmail dot com | - The Who, Bargain |
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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/ -- Ken http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/buddyduck/ |
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