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Are more turntable motors better?

I did a quick search of the archives and couldn't find a thread about this, feel free to show me if I didn't look hard enough. Question is: are more motors better in a belt-driven table? Seems like pricier models are always more likely to have more motors, and manufacturers offer addtional motors as upgrades, but does it always result in improved sound? Theoretically, additional motors may tend to cancel out each others speed fluctuations, but overall noise may be higher. Thoughts?
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dan_ed
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Syntax, I could not have said it better.
dan_ed
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kipdent,

the point some of us are trying to make is that extra motor may solve/mask the issue of a single motor. However, if the single motor had been had been a better choice the additional motors would not be needed. As Mosin posted it all depends on the implementation. Sometimes if you add additional motors and belts the effects of motor cogging are spread out so they are less audible.

It is a nice solution for particular motor/drive issues, but it is a solution the manufacturer is asking the customer to pay for because they do not supply a motor/drive that works well on its own.

dan_ed
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That is where the ultimate decision lies, what works for you as a customer, it is your decision based on your own parameters.

Absolutely. We all have different ideas on what we can or cannot live with. I.e., start up is not an issue for me since I have come to prefer leaving my table running during an entire session. I get off on details of the music so I prefer the resolution of a single motor with tape belt. But I do admit that there are many multi-motor setups I have not heard. FWIW.

I would suspect that a multi-motor solution from the turntable manufacturer would give the best results with such a configuration. Adapting across lines can get tricky, but it is certainly possible.
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