Why According to some Turntable extremists Pitch Control and Direct Drive is Sacrilege?

The torque of the motor,  has NOTHING  to do with the perceived   dynamics of a turntable.  Also , belt drives when properly  designed  can match the dynamics of idlers and dd's, so let's not kid ourselves about inherent superiority. if there is a "magic bullet" it is
BEARING DESIGN

My goat is hard to get, but shows up occasionally. 
The forces in well designed  oil and air bearings essentially  prevent what you described  above. There is no contact, or wear or "tilting", generally. my bigger point is bearing design accounts for much of the sound of a turntable especially  in dynamics. Low friction bearings make low torque motors look huge, extra torque just adds noise and cogging  
Regards 
Bruce
Anvil Turntables 
( Btw, I have my company  idled right now so have nothing to sell)

Wow, you are quite misinformed.   Belt drives use low hundreds rpm motors, idlers use motors in the 1500-2k rpm range. Threads dont stretch like rubber belts and stylus friction is true of all turntables.   Idlers and dd have plenty of issues and nothing is perfect .

Agree. I'm fond of the Phoenix controllers and used them with my tables. Too bad they are gone. 

None of what you presented was evidence justifying  your former comments, just subjective listening with a ton of variables. What does "opposite " even mean?  Like I said before  well executed  versions of each technology  can compete with each other. 
Regards

Tomwh

You will need an air bearing  or a magnetic assist for that kind of weight 

Imo, heavy platters are MUCH better, however care needs to be taken to relieve  the bearing of its weight. It's one reason heavy platter turntables cost more. 

My "Alloy Convertible" turntable routinely measured .02 wow and flutter and platter rundown times of as much as 7 minutes, also dead quiet 

Bruce

Thanks for the kind words. Yes the maglev implementation (when properly executed) is a win win, although it does add a bit to cost. I remember our conversations and enjoyed them. As you discovered  assembling a top notch tt can be frustrating!

Regards 

I'm still in business  but not taking orders currently. The tables are difficult  to manufacture  and I am looking into ways to simplify a few procedures. Actually  my table has little in common with the Trans Fi. Sorry. Lol ( but he makes great gear so no offense)!

Chakster you really dont get it do you? My belt drive does speed as well as a direct drive and is a 65# beast. Some other belt drives too. Any reasonably engineered tt can do it ( manufacturing a different story ) plenty of other parameters affect sound at least as much as w& f.I like the Technics too but I’ve heard direct drives sound like a hollow mess. Again, one topology not necessarily king. Dont be so cynical it’s all good