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Idler wheel drive vs Belt

I noticed in the last day a frenzied bidding on an EMT 930 (plus arm/cartridge, etc) that went for $6.5Gs. Lots of money for a vintage kit. I also read some laudatory comments on the venerable Garrard 301 with boutique plinths. Anybody out there have experience with such, and can comment on whether I should abandon my purchase of a Teres and go for a 'transcription' turntable like Garrard 501 (with Schroeder DPM). Those vintage designs have lots of torque as they were used in radio stations, but don't seem to have close tolerance bearings or heavy platters. Yet some have thrown some serious positive comments on these vintage solutions. Is the magic real, and what contributes to it?
(I am not going to blow $6G on an EMT930 any day soon).
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s23chang
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The EMT930ST is a whole different experience. I can safely said that it was an excellent plug and play setup.
It was a very solid and extremely smooth table.
I never own TNT Vs but the Oracle, VPI and SP 10 IIs are no match for this beast.
Just remember one of the most important part, you're limited by cartridge selection.
That was the only reason I traded 5 yrs ago.
I really wanted to have VDH top of line cartridge.
The EMT cartridge is great overall but not as refine as the $5K cartridge.
All the EMT cartridge were re-tip by VDH ( according to the guy in Austria who sold me the table )
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