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| Some tables have soul and some not Q: I know you strive for complete solutions, but have you ever thought about direct drive?A: Yes, and after thinking about it I moved on. Bad idea, connecting your (microphonic) record directly to the shaft of a vibrating motor, no?I, too, like an... | |
| Some tables have soul and some not Lewm: " I do think he (Art Dudley) is a fine writer, in contrast to many."Yes, I agree and he's a delight to read. It's just a shame that such usually open-minded writer has such blindness towards one genre of products without even looking into th... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy Syntax: "Tweaking a dead cow to a horse is interesting, no doubt, but other Designers made better work."That reminds me of an old Chinese saying, "ride a cow before you find a horse." For some people their turntable of choice is the cow... for the... | |
| Some tables have soul and some not Lewm: "What's a "Melco"?"Here's some Melco history and info:http://www.soundfountain.com/beltdrive/belt-drive-turntable.htmlhttp://www.melcoinc.com/english/business/history.htmlhttp://www.soundfountain.com/beltdrive/melco_500.jpghttp://img.photobu... | |
| Some tables have soul and some not In_shore: "Mass loaded designs were not in favour and none of the Micro Seiki's were ever reviewed as far as I can remember."The Micro-Seiki RX-1500 was reviewed by Steve Watkinson in the November 1987 issue of Stereophile, page 108-110. It was a ... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy Regardless of the accuracy of the Timeline as long as it is consistent then it still demonstrates there's inconsistency when the laser mark moves off target so there is a CHANGE due to stylus drag. It proves there is a change in rotation and it ma... | |
| Some tables have soul and some not In a recent interview, Frank Kuzma had a Q&A exchange in the following: Q: "Is there a place for mystics in audio or simply good and great engineering?"A: "Well, we still do not know why Stradivarius violins sound superb - is that mysticism or... | |
| Some tables have soul and some not Tim Tebow. _______ | |
| Some tables have soul and some not Utterly useless thread. Soulless. _______ | |
| Turntable speed accuracy Dover, that was funny. :-DThe thread "TTWeights table and Timeline accuracy" is mysteriously closed but at least we still have this thread to talk about speed issue. I don't want to stir up the pot and point fingers at certain brands but I still e... | |
| Sirius and Walker 01-11-12: Mmakshak:"I find direct-drives to have a relentless quality to them. Does anyone else hear this? Do the more expensive, or well-sorted ones, eliminate this quality?"The answers are yes and yes. I have to assume this "relentless" quality ... | |
| Some tables have soul and some not As an atheist, this soul topic is rather pointless to me but I understand the poetic attraction of it. A turntable or any hardware is just a product, a thing, made by people and its design and mechanism reflect the mind of its maker. But very ofte... | |
| Balanced XLR to RCA Adapters: Good or Bad? It's only $12 for the pair of adapters. Just get them and get the system working for now and decide later if you want to reterminate your connectors to conventional RCA plugs. In the meantime think about buying a soldering iron and learn to solder... | |
| Lenco and Garrard external ac power supply "Spoke directly with Christopher from Artisan Fidelity at some length about the idea of using a power conditioner or regenerator with a Lenco L75. He said they and several of their customers....""THEY" is plural. AF is a ONE man operation. _______ | |
| Nude Turntable Project The TT-71 in the QL7 or QL-7A uses the same motor as the TT-81, except less sophisticated electronics. It's a good performer and I used to own several of them. I sold them all after comparing to other models with coreless motors such as QL-Y66F or... |