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

Have to start somewhere as reading and others views can only take one so far.

But yes I do get your point.

So much to try, so little time to do so.

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This!

Well said.

And currently setting up to  explore exactly that.

Nottingham Spacedeck for belt drive.
Lenco L78 for idler drive
Victor tt81 for DD.

Going to be a long haul......

There is a lot of experience and knowledgeable guys on this forum,but I wonder how many less the argumentative narrow views of a few have caused to no longer be as active.

Just this!

A lot is the answer in only the last couple of years to boot!

Thx Lewm

And yes my apologies for driving the Lenco posts.
All satisfied for now and off too Lenco Heaven I shall go!

Thank you very much Lewm.
Very useful and informative.
I am certainly intrigued by the Lenco especially after you had basically the same combo as I presently have , Nottingham Spacedeck and Walker controller and think the Lenco came out better.
Would be interesting to see how a stock but good condition Lenco would fare in same comparison.
From what I can gather the stock Lenco arm is pretty heavy so will have to read up on suitable carts as well.

OP.

Yes there is a stock L75 for sale I have my eye on but it does depend on just what the cost and complexity of " essential " upgrades would be before I pulled the trigger.

@lewm

I have access to a very fair priced Lenco L75 and was interested especially after reading some of the posts here.
What would you say in your owners opinion would be essential upgrades to a completely stock L75 without going crazy on pricing?
Thx

Really?
Unless you know what model I am referring to intimately( which as I never mentioned, would be impossible) that is a statement you cannot and should not make.
IMHO of course.......

No snoozing on duty!

Bell bottoms?

Now you ARE showing your age!

But I digress.

I can attest to the current crop of higher end belt drive TT using speed sensing devices to feedback to the speed controller so operating in a similar fashion to top end DD tables.

A friend has exactly that set up on his table.

Yes GK
Your math is definitely rusty........

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Head still spinning from that.

Most " high end " turntables are likely to have outboard power supply/ motor controller. A lot of these work on various types of speed feedback to control speed with a high degree of accuracy.

Some aftermarket ones like my Walker unit require you to use a disc and strobe to set accurately just the once.

So most high end TT probably do not require or need any further pitch controls.

Of course most vintage high end DD units had pitch control as standard.