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Skeletal vs Plinth style turntables

I am pondering a new plinth design and am considering the virtues of making a skeletal or closed plinth design. The motor unit is direct drive. I know that as a direct drive it inherently has very low vibration as opposed to an idler deck (please do not outcry Garrard and Lenco onwners coz I have one of those too) but simple facts are facts belt drive motors spin at 250rpm, Lencos around 1500 rpm, DD 33 or 45 rpm. That being the case that must surely be a factor in this issue. What are your thoughts. BTW I like closed designs as they prevent the gathering of dust.
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lohanimal
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I know this may seem pedantic, but is there a special glue when gluing together layers - in other words - what glue do the likes of Kronos and Clearaudio use when sandwiching aluminium and panzerholz
lohanimal
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Simple argument. However minimal the force or friction in a cartridge we can and do have stylus drag. That being the case a pod not fixed will be pulled with the drag in the absence of an equal and opposite force. Whatever the theories I am not a pod fan due to the fact they seem mechanically clumsy. They can be knocked inadvertently and appear to be a bit of a pain to locate. Shoot me down if you disagree but I don't like the idea of a moving part not being fixed down in any way.
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