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| Direct Drive turntables We have been here before. It is hard to say exactly why the best DD and the best idler-drive turntables seem to have more drive/pace/rhythm, because any differences in "speed accuracy" among all good turntables, including good belt-drive tables, a... | |
| Direct Drive turntables Oops! The above post was meant for the thread on MM cartridges. Sorry. But the point is relevant to this discussion too. However I do apologize for bringing the mention of mm cartridges into this thread. | |
| Direct Drive turntables Actually, I was quite struck by the similarity between what someone else just up the thread a bit wrote about the M20FL Super, as compared to my own impressions. That other guy was likely using completely different ancillary equipment, yet his wor... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Siniy123, I think you should try even more positive VTA before you make final judgement on the black/alu version of the M20FL Super. The tail end of my tonearm is up by an improbable amount for best performance. Then of course we have all the unkn... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Two versions of the M20FL Super? Both of mine are black with aluminum-colored lower body. Can someone post a photo of the copper/gold one?Dear Raul, Thank you for giving me credit for noting the best VTA for the M20FL Super, but I think that someo... | |
| TTWeights new Black Onyx Idler drive Turntable Dear Alec,I really am not qualified to give you a general answer that covers all the bases. I can only say that in my limited experience, highest quality vintage DD turntables sound better than "very good" modern belt drive-turntables at around th... | |
| Direct Drive turntables Dertonearm knows I do not necessarily concur with his gross generalization regarding platter mass, as it may apply to anything other than a belt drive turntable. But we have beaten the subject to death on another thread. However he is quite right;... | |
| Direct Drive turntables Dertonearm, Have you seen the photos of the new "direct idler-drive" turntables to be marketed by TT Weights? There are two models, one megabuck and one for under $10K. But both sport VERY heavy platters in the 30-lb range and higher. I thought th... | |
| Direct Drive turntables The problems associated with direct-drive were well known to the guys who designed the very best direct-drive turntables of the 1970s and 1980s, which was not exactly the Dark Ages in terms of electronics and engineering. The very best direct-driv... | |
| Ortofon MC A90 cartridge Dear Mike, Do you really think that the differences you hear are mostly due to the tonearm/turntable interaction (consistent with your statement that mounting the Reed on your Garrard might give you the best of both worlds). I am kind of biased to... | |
| Using XLR for Phono out Cool. But I was not totally wrong; you need to feed a balanced signal to the primary. I don't know why one would want to convert a perfectly good balanced signal to SE, except if you are a transformer-phile. (I'm just kidding; you probably have so... | |
| TTWeights new Black Onyx Idler drive Turntable Besides that, it seems the subplatter is used to provide an additional degree of isolation of any motor noise from the platter itself, although we don't know much about how the subplatter and platter are linked. It's pretty cool that in this day a... | |
| DaVinci tonearm and azymuth Dear Jazzgene, The primary objective in adjusting azimuth, if you are using electrical criteria and based on my reading of two long treatises on the subject (see below), is to get the best possible numbers for each channel, but not necessarily to ... | |
| New Cartridge = right channel distortion Agree with Etbaby, blank record is NOT the way to set anti-skate. Suggest you remove all anti-skate force and then listen again with zero anti-skate. Add a tiny amount of anti-skate relative to VTF, if you hear problems in R channel and until any ... | |
| TTWeights new Black Onyx Idler drive Turntable So in the most well known vintage idlers (Garrard and Lenco), the motor drives a separate and discrete idler wheel via friction between a driven shaft and the idler wheel. The idler wheel in turn contacts either the inner rim of the platter (Garra... |