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Sad to think of people mooning over TT porn, and reading all the "specs", imagining what this will [undoubtedly] do to finally send their systems into orbit.  Sure, a good TT has good parts; but how the parts are used is at least as important as the parts, themselves.  And by this I mean, how the parts are put together by the maker, AND how the product is used by the user.  Too bad the high-end parts do not come with viable instructions for the makers, and too bad the TTs do not come with REAL manuals that will REALLY tell the users how to use them.

Speakers are sad because there aren't any good ones available for purchase.  TTs are sad because nobody knows how to use even the best of them.

As a possibly interesting aside, I found the motor on my then-old (and now-quite-old) Rek-O-Kut "broadcast" TT to be just fine, as long as I used "pro" recording tape or a silk thread as a drive "belt".  Sure, this TT had other issues; but the motor was "good enough", which is good enough for me.  I say, when it comes to TTs, quit while you're ahead.  Sure, I enjoy intellectual excercises as much as the next person.  But I would never get rid of my present TT until I had another one up and running and I was totally convinced - for a long time - that it was signifcantly better as it applies to Music; and even then, it would have to be just as easy to use and reliable as my present TT, as well.  I have seen it all too often, people can throw a whole lot of money at this one and wind up essentially empty handed.

Paul S

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