alexberger
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| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive It is weird that people on this forum are not familiar with EMT 950 and 948 DD turntables.They work different compared to Technics SP10 mk2 and mk3.EMT DD have a powerful DC motor and lightweight platter. IMHO it is much more proper servo control ... | |
| SET the best? All these manufacturers are very small compared to mainstream manufactures like:Dynaudio, Focal, B&W, Kef, Monitor Audio, Elac.... | |
| SET the best? Low sensitive tower speakers + super powerful transistor amp = COMPRESSION!!!!!!!Oppressive, tedious, non-natural sound.Most of audiophiles have zero experience, with high sensitive speakers.The reason is - all high sensitive speakers (excluding K... | |
| SET the best? Hi @atmasphere , Yes it is true. There are a few SET friendly speakers on the market.But the hard to drive tower speakers like Wilson and Dynaudio will always sound compressed, and too loud at 95dB+ volume even with 1K watt amplifier. I think a ... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive I agree than servo feedback can cause some compression.But if the motor-platter system has a smaller inertia the harm is leser. Because that EMT 950 that has a very powerful motor and very light platter sound best and most dynamic compared to othe... | |
| SET the best? IMHO,SET are most transparent, best in texture and tone, most organic and musical.They need sensitive speakers. But in any case, the sensitive speakers are MUST for any good, musical system.SET sound quality depends a lot from parts quality: tubes... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Hi @mijostyn ,Good designed idle drive and DD don’t have high level of rumble.But Steinway piano on a belt drive turntables sounds like cheap $100 electrical piano.The sound of organ on a belt drive turntables is a total disaster. If you listen po... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Hi @lewm ,People think that belt drive is a black magic, technically perfect solution.You just need a heavy platter on a good bearing and you have very low, inaudible level of Wow and flutter. But it doesn’t work this way. At least, mid-price belt... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Hi @thuchan ,Yes, 3 motor belt drive solutions like Audio Note or Clear Audio have to be technically excellent in term of Wow and flutter.I didn’t listen these turntables at my home. They are out of my budget.I listened 3 motor Clear Audio in othe... | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? Hi @atmasphere , Each amplification stage, capacitor and cable add distortions and noise.All those gain stages are in an integrated amp too. Usually though you have a greater chance of lower noise with separates since crosstalk and intermodulation... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Hi @mijostyn ,I had Nottingham Analogue Spacedeck and Lenco L78.I used a heavy 20kg plywood plinth with Lenco and vintage SME 3009 mk2 tonearm.With the same cartridge Lenco had:Better bass, better separation better PRAT.In term of dynamic and tone... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Here is Anatoly Markovich Liknitsky article where he compares idler and belt drive.Sorry for a bad translation from Russian language."Why is an idler drive better than a belt drive? If you focus only on reducing rumble, the Belt really has an unde... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive IMHO belt drive have a huge drawback that idler drive and DD don’t have.Belt drive doesn’t hold speed stabile and as result ruins the PRAT.And it is much more important drawback than bearing noise.No PRAT - no music! | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive In belt drive, you need to have everything ideal, otherwise the speed is floating.A freqsion of needle, and bearing decrease the speed, the motor doesn't control the platter but tries to hold a speed constant and it makes a belt tension change an... | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? On one hand, in integrated you can make signal path shorter. Especially in low power SET amplifier. You can build 2A3 or 45 amplifier using only 2 stages or 300B with only 3 stages.In separates you need more stages and more interconnect cables. Ea... |