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In the Thread: Ultimate Turntable
Post Subject: Where Platter Mass Goes to DiePosted by Paul S on: 5/7/2014
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FYI, All, the platter mass discussion launches on page 2 of this thread. Maybe re-reading the thread will spark additional thoughts on these and other previously-discussed matters. At present, we seem to be going in circles.
David, looking at modern, Kansei engineering and manufacturing processes, how does current TT R&D and manufacturing draw on current SOTA methods, methodology and materials, really, given finite analyses, end to end, on the entire process? It appears to me that the biggest problems here are limited information sharing and resource pooling, along with a very small and relatively "volatile" market (ie, no "drivers"). Sure, this does "justify" current pricing. But it is equally "true" to say a TT could/should cost less, IF TTs were made like... potato chips. To date, it looks like the only TTs to benefit from anything even approaching up-to-date protocols are the "mass market" tables, where the aim is not all that high in the first place.
I agree with Romy that it certainly appears that all the pieces and parts are already "out there", just waiting to be put together. And I can't shake the idea that everything needed for the job has been around since the 60s, if not the 50s. By saying this, I don't mean to exclude more recent "developments". But I do mean to re-assert that current "technology", per se, is not the problem.
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