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In the Thread: Ultimate Turntable
Post Subject: The newer/better DDPosted by Paul S on: 3/2/2008
Guy, that is a VERY interesting observation about your sense that belt drive speed is "cyclical". I agree that belt/heavy problems are more "long term" versus DD "short term". So in this sense I suppose it's pick your poison. I wonder if the big Versa Dynamics I heard would have eventually showed the same belt/heavy problems, if it had stayed operational longer.
But speed is not the end-all for me, and the belt/heavy allows me get the disc coupled down to a heavy platter for remarkable benefits that I have never heard from DD. And, again, I am much more at ease as a listener with belt/heavy "long term" shortcomings, which, as I have noted, come across to me as greater stability and coherence versus DD "jittery", which has for me a rather digital vagueness with respect to time.
BTW, I did add damping to the platters on my Technics DDs, and even though I got reduced sonic breakthough it just made the speed problems worse, so I certainly agree with your remarks about platter changes.
Best regards,
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