Are more turntable motors better?

Raul,

I believe the test is whether the majority of listeners of a designer's product are genuinely moved by the passion of the music it produces. If they are, he has succeeded. If not, he has failed. At the end of the day, the number of motors, weight, etc., etc. are only talking points because the performance of the piece stands on its on merit. One cannot hide behind features when discerning ears report back to their owners.

Best,
Win

Yes, Dentoarm, I am desperately wanting to set up the HS-80 flywheel in the correct "mirror image" position. Initially I had to set it in the less-than-ideal position due to WAF issues. However, I think I've figured out a way to juggle all my components in my cabinet to allow the mirror image positioning and I will report back once this is completed.

Thanks!

Many thanks to all contributors to this thread. FWIW, I have just received a new Alpha power supply, two motors, and a variety of belts for my Final Tool from Otto, the new proprietor of Acoustic Signature. After I install a Triplanar VII and ZYX Universe on it, I will do some serious 1 vs. 2 motor comparisons, and report back. By the way, I'm going to start a new thread about this, but I can't say enough good about Otto - I had given up hope of ever getting my Final Tool working again, but Otto has really come through.

will do some serious 1 vs. 2 motor comparisons, and report back.

Unfortunately, it will show nothing new, because you don't know, how good these motors really are.
That's why multi motors from same manufacturer always sound different to single motor. When they have flaws, it is not so obvious. They compensate each other.

A real comparison would be, to use a real good motor as comparison (for example from Micro Seiki..)
In Germany I know a few who replaced- for example - the Raven motors, no matter how much (1 or 2...) with really high quality industrial motors and they told me, THAT is an real improvement....

Syntax,

Do you know the details (models, sources)on any industrial motors that were used successfully? That would be great to try. May even cost less if they're not originally intended for audio!