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Has anyone had trouble with speed on their tt

I was having trouble with speed stability on a very expensive dual DC motor top of the line system of a well known brand from England. It was a terrible fight for years, I would get some good days and then the temperamental thing would drift or even radically switch speeds ending my listening session. I now have the perfect system and wondered if we could discuss this for other audio enthusiasts' sake.
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lewm
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Syntax, Mosin, and Hiho are correct. What a motley crew.
lewm
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Moonglum, You are the one with the agenda. It is possible for turntable to sound great and pass the Timeline test. It is also possible for a turntable to sound awful (or at least less good than some other tt that fails Timeline) and yet pass the Timeline test. The Timeline can only tell about one vital but not exclusive aspect of tt performance; it cannot tell us about resonance control and other more subtle aspects of performance that affect sound; those Timeline guys know that as well as you. However, the main function of the tt is to spin the LP at exact speed at all times and against any frictional drag, so as to re-create the X-axis of music. There's no getting around that. Whether the Timeline test is the sine qua non of that aspect of tt performance, or not, is another matter.

And by the way, I don't think jitter is the digital equivalent of speed inaccuracy in a tt, but you raise an interesting question in that regard.
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