Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927?

It would be instructive to audition the VPI DD.  I have never heard quieter. Spooky.....  Absolute speed accurate..  To ME....a bargain priced masterpiece.

Caterham 7's were never F1 cars. That said the original Ford GT40 from the 60's was faster around a track than the 00's incarnation.

BTW tom - if you have a high torque motor, and heavy platter - that torque won't be transferred to the platter with a silk thread - a bit like sprinting on ice

The car example was related to things in the past are better than things today.  Your example of a car pretty much built for the race track vs a car which meets smog,  idles, gets pretty good gas mileage etc etc etc is not a good comparison.  A better comparison would be a 67 big block vette vs the new high dollar monster.  The only thing the old one does better is bring back memories.

Now if you want to talk audio some old quad 57's with tube amps and a 927  with a denon 103 cart, maybe we can have a example of midrange perfection.

In regards to the ice example I am using 14 guage silk thread with belt tack stuff and/or rosen. I have thought about your concern and will experiment with different materials.  But with the silk thread you can really hear a difference with the higher torque motor.

Enjoy the ride
Tom

That's interesting - what iss the belt tack stuff that you use? I have, amongst others, a deck using a thin polyamide belt - that was used due to the fact that it has low energy transferance. Must say that the Denon 103, and tubes a tad over-rated - that said - getting back on track so to speak EMT cartridges are excellent, having heard the VDH, Roksan, and Brinkmann versions.
My simple point with car analogies and comparisons was not by way of comparing cars to hifi in the manner you think, i used cars as an example of where, in many fields of engineering there are designs that defy time with regards to the application of technology to a problem. They exist in cars, watches, civil engineering, medicine - the list goes on. I will add that 40, or even 100 years is nothing in terms of evolutionary history considering the age of the universe...