Are more turntable motors better?

Using a flywheel to smooth out the drive is probably better, but not applicable in all cases. I remember seeing Micro Seiki using one of their massive tables as a flywheel to drive an identical table, using silk thread from the motor and between the tables. That was nearly 30 years ago, associated equipment then was not up to revealing how good the sound probably was. I use a single motor flywheel on my VPI Aries and it works very well. Whichever system is ultimately superior is not as important as how well the individual design has been executed.

More is better (for the Seller) =)
in Reality:
there are only 2 kind of motors out there
-good ones which do the job right
-and the bad ones (they compensate each other, but it looks serious =))

Syntax, I could not have said it better.

Thanks, Guys. I see the new TW Acustic for $$$$$ has 3 motors, so maybe there is some advantage if everything is properly controlled, but, like so many things in our hobby, the answer is probably "it depends."

05-10-09: Klinerm
Thanks, Guys. I see the new TW Acustic for $$$$$ has 3 motors, so maybe there is some advantage if everything is properly controlled, but, like so many things in our hobby, the answer is probably "it depends."

what I noticed about the TW Acustic Raven 3AC was Thomas was using 3 motors to effectively create a platter rim drive. I saw this TT at the RMAF2007 show & I heard it in the dealer's room (Highwater Sound?? - the dealer had a prick of a personality IMO). I cannot comment on the sonics after just hearing it for 10-15 minutes but I noticed what the 3 motors were trying to accomplish - the platter rim drive.
I also notice that many other manuf like Teres & VPI have gotten into rim drives.
Apparently the notion is that the less the surface area of the belt that touches the platter rim, the better as people feel that too much surface area "chokes" the TT sonics. Well, I have no personal experience but am only recounting what I've heard.