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In the Forum: Analog Playback
In the Thread: Ultimate Turntable

Post Subject: Fluttering in the breezePosted by steverino on: 5/6/2014

Paul,

I searched for the discussion on platter weight optimality but couldn't find it. Anyway I assume people know I was referring to a one person lift turntable on a stand, not a one finger lift. Assuming a platter weight in the 25 pound range and a turntable around 50 pounds, the point I was making is that we don't know much about the tradeoffs of doing one thing or the other. Romy is right that this is not a manufacturing state of the art question nor does it require pure platinum turntables (not to give anyone ideas). There is the question of the electrical motor, the AC that feeds the motor, the way that the platter is driven, acoustic feedback etc etc. But to say that XXX platter weight is required is putting the cart before the horse IMO. Amplifiers like boat anchors were being built and then the Gain Card came along and people are now making ultra small amps. These things go in cycles indicating that something is being lost at the same time an advance (or desired change) is made in some area. When something is truly better such as analog tape compared to cylinders you don't see the cycles.

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