And a Lenco/Home Depot, also a very impressive turntable ;-)
I have to say that this focus on the importance of PRaT is music to my "ears"! I would have to side with 4yanx on the issue of whether PRaT is colouration or not: the PRaT is inherent in the music, obviously, as timing is the heart of the music, as any musician and all audiophiles should know. The piece of equipment which filters PRaT out of the recording is the coloured piece. Since there are so many variables from turntable design to turntable design - belt or thread or idler wheel or direct-drive; suspended vs unsuspended; high-mass or low-mass; acrylic or metal or wood; damped or undamped; skeletal or massive; high-torque or low-torque; coupled or decoupled - humans and their ears are still the best way to judge the presence or absence of PRaT. Of course, maintaining as perfect-as-possible speed stability in the face of stylus drag (the Great Enemy) is the way to preserve the PRaT of the original performance.
If it ain't got that swing, it don't mean a thing...
Cheers,
Jean
