[Arny Krueger]

"Harry Lavo" wrote in message

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Harry Lavo" wrote in message


"Vintage Lovers" will disagree with me, but the direct
drive tables of the 70's/early 80's, while beautifully
built, were often sonically inferior to good belt drive
tables such as those manufactured by Linn, Ariston,
Thorens, etc.

Belt drive turntables have an inherent property that
endears them to "audible differences" addicts like
Harry. The belts all slip. Without constant monitoring,
belt drive turntables play LPs at different speeds. That
makes them sound different, just pleasing the "It all
sounds different" bigots among us.

Direct-drive turntables are bound and determined to play
recordings that the same speed, reducing the exciting
audible differences that make Harry's world go 'round. Furthermore,
direct drive turntables all use negative
feedback, and every true-blue audiophile knows how
negative feedback craps up the sound. ;-)

What utter, bigoted, tripe, Arny!

Harry, why not tell us about all of the precise measurements of turntable
speed that you have made in the past say 5 years.