Are more turntable motors better?

More is better (for the Seller) =)
in Reality:
there are only 2 kind of motors out there
-good ones which do the job right
-and the bad ones (they compensate each other, but it looks serious =))

yes, probably too much rubber from inferior quality can decrease sound quality. To minimize the contact area will help =)
To move it away from the platter via more motors has a lot of advantages, more money for the manufacturer and better sound.
But with a better belt ($100) you can save a lot of money (honestly, the most).
Or with a better motor.
But you need for everything a good and important explanation.
But please, not from an engineer =)

will do some serious 1 vs. 2 motor comparisons, and report back.

Unfortunately, it will show nothing new, because you don't know, how good these motors really are.
That's why multi motors from same manufacturer always sound different to single motor. When they have flaws, it is not so obvious. They compensate each other.

A real comparison would be, to use a real good motor as comparison (for example from Micro Seiki..)
In Germany I know a few who replaced- for example - the Raven motors, no matter how much (1 or 2...) with really high quality industrial motors and they told me, THAT is an real improvement....

Hi Klinerm,
not really, some use the big motor from Micro Seiki, some have DIY motors (but very professionally made because they know some technicians) and one gave the Raven motors to a factory, they used the housing to implement their own design.
But even that Raven will be on sale the next time, the owner has some other turntables and will let it go, even with improved motors.
A - real - good turntable design is not so easy in our modern time, I guess.
No wonder, digital became such huge acceptance.