Early SOTA vs New Something: Conundrum

It's not "sparring". 

Mijo, On 9-26, you wrote, "So don't DD motors, it just takes them longer. The thrust bearing gets noisy and wow and flutter specs also deteriorate."  To the casual reader this sentence implies that there is a special problem with the thrust bearing on a DD turntable that does not apply to a belt drive turntable. I subsequently lodged an objection.

On 9-30, in response to my complaint about the above statement, you wrote, "As for bearings, THEY ALL WEAR OUT except the air or magnetic ones."  I agree, except air and magnetic bearings can also wear out, albeit in different modes and after longer time intervals.  Case closed.

As to your fear of "large oscillating magnetic fields", I can only wonder whether you were frightened by a vacuum cleaner as a child, because you mention it so often.

Mijostyn, I apologize for the vitriol, but you really should not be commenting on areas of the hobby with which you are not familiar, and here you’ve done it again. Different companies have taken very different approaches to DD turntable design with regard to “tightness” of servo control, platter mass, bearing design, motor type, etc. And none of your generalizations hold water.  Now where do you get the notion that the thrust bearing gets noisy, as compared to the thrust bearing in any other type of turntable? Please cite specific examples or sources. Because “bollocks” is a not inappropriate response.

Reed is built like a Triplanar. A 9-inch Reed won’t easily fit my Technics SP10 Mk3, but the 10.5-inch version of the Reed works easily. Likewise Triplanar is now available in12-inch length, which would be no problem. You might be able to source a 10.5-inch TP, too. Just ask.

I suppose you’ve made an in depth analysis of servo circuits in DD turntables and found the “problems” and that they’re all alike. And very different from the Eclipse system, because you own it. Bollocks.