Turntable with stable speed.

Hi Redglobe,

In a perfect world, yes I'd love to be able to lock in on the 33.33333 but what I meant to say is that if the speed accuracy is to be off, I'd much rather it be that the speed is off by 1/100 of a percent and remain steady at that speed than to be 33.33 but fluctuate +/- of that 33.33 as that is extremely noticeable and irritating to me. Thank you for sharing your suggestions with me on the various direct drives.

Rlawry, Thank you for your mention of the SME 20/2. That is a very highly regarded table and I'm sure you are loving it immensely. Unfortunately, they are more than what I'd like to spend at this moment, however if I cannot find what I'm looking for in the $3K range....I have no problem waiting until I can afford something nicer such as this.

Drpank, it seems that most of the various technologies tried to address the problem from different angles, yet still struggle with the aspect of speed stability. Do you have any suggestions you would like to share?

No regrets, You have brought up the most commonly discussed issue on the Analog site. There are two or three active threads devoted directly or indirectly to this subject. Look at the current top ten threads, and you will find in several cases lively and acrimonious discussion of your topic.

DrPank, I can only agree fully with one point you made: drive technology is not the determinant of speed stability. It can be done with BD, DD, and Idlers. But not all turntables do it, nevertheless.

Syntax thanks for testing my Kuzma. I am not sure what my
saving is but you deserve one or two Bavarian 'Kanne' of beer.

Typically brush-less, quartz based DD such as Technics, etc...various price points....Denon, Sony, Sansui all made quality units doing this era...

I have (in recent years) owned Thorens, VPI and Basis turntables. With regard to turntable stability the Basis is the best of the three that I have had. The Thorens was also good but I didn't care for the particular tonearm with this table.

Good luck.