Another Platter Speed queston


So I got the Dr. Feickert platter speed iPhone app and tested my Well Tempered Classic TT with the Analogue Production's Test LP.
When I ran the track with the 3150Hz tone, the app was reading a mean frequency of 3171Hz with my speed at higher than 33 1/3 by about .05% if I remember correctly. So I have three questions:
1) If the tone isn't exactly 3150Hz won't that effect the accuracy of my TT speed?
2) How would one adjust the speed on a Well Tempered TT?
3) Could the test LP's tone be wrong or is the app reading it wrong?
thanks
ebuzz

Showing 1 response by winggo

I think you will find a vast majority of turntables, regardless of price, are going to be off 33.3 rpm a very small amount. Most likely a small enough amount to be undetectable by the human ear. IMHO an infinitesimally small variance from the ideal 33.3 does not affect the quality of the sound. On the other hand, wow & flutter, a constant variation of the speed, does easily affect the quality of the sound.

The point is, will adjusting your overall speed by +/- .05% make you system sound better? In my opinion, probably not. So I wouldn't worry about that. I would worry about a dirty pulley inducing greater wow & flutter though.