A point was stumbled upon here, but no one followed through with the observation.
Halcro noted, "...you would have seen.......about half way through the video......where he drops the cartridge on the record and immediately.....the speed decreases?
And this is only the beginning of the record. Not a heavily modulated passage?
Can you imagine what happens with a really heavily modulated passage? And that turntable in the video has a very heavy platter."
Of interest to me isn't that the speed controller, assuming there was one, is inaccurate. It may be perfectly designed; we don't know. So, what basic principle would cause the speed drop? It isn't electronics, so it must be mechanical. If that is the case, all the electronics in the world cannot fix a fault because of a faulty design in the parts that make the turntable. My point is that inertia has to be addressed at the outset of a turntable's design, and that electronic speed control merely augments it. I strongly believe that 100% success is not found unless the all the pieces work in unison.
Sure, you can improve a turntable by adding an electronic speed control. The true nature of the recording is best exemplified when inertia is a major consideration to the basic design, in my honest opinion.
Halcro noted, "...you would have seen.......about half way through the video......where he drops the cartridge on the record and immediately.....the speed decreases?
And this is only the beginning of the record. Not a heavily modulated passage?
Can you imagine what happens with a really heavily modulated passage? And that turntable in the video has a very heavy platter."
Of interest to me isn't that the speed controller, assuming there was one, is inaccurate. It may be perfectly designed; we don't know. So, what basic principle would cause the speed drop? It isn't electronics, so it must be mechanical. If that is the case, all the electronics in the world cannot fix a fault because of a faulty design in the parts that make the turntable. My point is that inertia has to be addressed at the outset of a turntable's design, and that electronic speed control merely augments it. I strongly believe that 100% success is not found unless the all the pieces work in unison.
Sure, you can improve a turntable by adding an electronic speed control. The true nature of the recording is best exemplified when inertia is a major consideration to the basic design, in my honest opinion.