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

Is Lenin still on display?  Didn't Putie put him away somewhere? Chak would know.

"Is Lenin still on display?...Chak would know."

There is actually another member around here who seems to know Lenin's whereabouts these days. He focuses on fata morgana of statues, though.

Me ? I`m just a lawnmover. I focus on real life work today. I´m a working man.

Yes it´s true some live in a world of fantasies, and another in a little bubble  : )

Tomwh, 
You can try reasonably priced neodymium magnets from say
https://www.hkcm.de/
if you are located in Europe. IME they are very HQ products.
There are magnets than can support very heavy platters.
Bruce is the true expert here, I´m sure he will enlighten you more. 

But now I must be on my way ... there´s lots of lawnmoving to do ...

The Phoenix gear is back ! Now made and sold by SOTA.
https://sotaturntables.com/product-category/eclipse-series/

Dear @has2be  : Normally before I write any post to give an answer/opinion to any Agoner first than all I make a fast research to know whit whom I'm talking: is a troller and audiophile or a music lover or " every thing ". I try to know his answers in other threads and his own audio system and many other things.

You already gave very good answers to than person whom not only to you but to any one he just " don't listen " and does not cares to listen any one even that he never have tigth facts or gave explanations other that " numbers/specs " with out explaining those " numbers "  means and how affects our listening experiences,  all the time bla, bla bla, etc. and nothing more, he owns a true mediocre home audio systems where he can's be aware almost of nothing really that can help to any one of us but he always posts " thousands of pictures " that per sè explain nothing.
He  is more a very good photographer and web navegatotor than a true expert audiophile or music lover but the Agoners when looks those pictures/links and his bla, bla, bla thinks he is an " expert ": what a dissapoint about. His knowledge levels are really low.

He thinks is an expert on all audio/music subjects when it's not and far away from there, even never talks about MUSIC only hardware a mediocre hardware. 

Here it's his fabulous system that he thinks is a wide high resolution one and I'm not trying to diminsh it I only try to put things in the rigth " perspective " to understand that man attitude :

https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/60143835_2981928691825278_3694901072725278720_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ht=scontent-arn2-1.xx&oh=1dc571c08ec4ba0823c8e4a5716c85aa&oe=5D6210FA

the system has many weaks but one terrible are those metal mats in the TTs. It's the worst place to use metal and this man is using in  both TTs and he is extremely satisfied with. Metal is an enemy in analog but in direct contact with the LP is the worst one place.
In other threads I posted the why's about and I don't will post again here, is only an example of what is wrong ( between several other " things ". ).

A good quality performance audio system depends not of money but first than all to knowledge levels to builded. There exist not the rigth knowledge levls.


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Because everything sound dynamic with high efficient speakers, better with full range paper drivers    """



that/his statement speaks very clear and is a true fact that proves all what I posted before.
That statement is totally ABSURD for say the least and makes no sense at all.

When some one like that man thinks that our listening experiences sound dynamic through " efficient speakers " means that persons understand nothing about dynamic sound and where really belongs that " sound dynamic ".

Ribbons normally are non-efficieny/low sensitivity speakers and the sound dynamic can be just glorious, same with electrostatic speakers or any other of speakers design type and certainly that the drivers does not needs to be " full range paper drivers " .
 Exist " thousands of speakers where drivers are builded with differents materials than paper and that are just extraordinary as no one single paper driver speakers and certainly not a full range driver that per sè has a very high FIM distortion.

Btw, I listened to those Zu audio spekers that are designed by  a  truly              " idiosincratic "  designer and the speakers performs in the same way, not only that the overall idiosyncratic development goes deep through the speakers cables and the amp that the designer choosed: First Watt class D one.
I heard with the FW and with  a XA Pass amps, idiosyncratic as it's the XA makes a better job with out doubt.

His posts are full of no sense statements or with very knowledge levels on almost any audio/music subjects.

I can go on and on with several examples as the one about " efficinte " but it's totally useless because not only he just is not willing to learn but he in reality can't learn because his full human been limitations and in the other side it does not helps to any one but to know whom relly he is.

Just my opinion. 

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.