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jg2077
The Verdier seams like a cool table. Thinking of purchasing as to hear/play with it.

jg2077

All anyone that is a first time user with La Platine can do, is "play with it" , to try to figure it out. It is a unique way to play your records. It is a String Drive design and all components were made to work best with string/thread.
For business reasons a belt pulley was "added" to the parts list - for Sales and to appease audiophiles. Running La Platine with belts is like riding a bike with training wheels.
   
Now many try and figure it out, but fall prey to the audiophile itch to modify it. Since all its body parts are easily accessible and viewable - it is easy to fall to this temptation. I can understand this. A modified La Platine is no longer La Platine.

For the Collector - I guess you can park it on a shelf and admire the platter ?  
The most collectable La Platine is the Granito version - the most expensive to make, and a limited run was done for audiophile hungry Japanese.

I had many conversations with Mr. Verdier when he was alive. RIP
@OP Someone alerted me to your post or I would never have seen it. Any questions feel free to pm me or ask me on my virtual system. Just Click on Wile E Coyote. 
Cheers

@lewm 
I personally don't like the long thread drive and the concept of mounting the motor separately on a distant pedestal of its own. This could cause all sorts of havoc with the drive system.

Huh??
No one I know mounts the motor separately on a distant pedestal of its own. Not that it would matter anyway. You see real owners know that La Platine's platter system is unique, in that it provides for acceleration and braking to deal with the records behavior. The only platter system I know of that does this. Name another. The motor itself has very little influence and provides mere pulses of power through the string.
Speed changes take a long time.
For this reason no one on this thread should consider DJ'ing with La Platine.

ah. there is that dealer "setup" reference again, and a lot of "I don't know how" .
why not just make a commitment.... find out for yourself - and share info as a real owner. Why post info outside your wheelhouse.
btw - Playing a record is no reason for anyone to offence to anything.
Posting wrong info is well just wrong.

@ OP Jose - trust you found the information you were looking for ?
Cheers