Well - seeing as you are asking here's the story...
I happen to have a Townshend Elite Rock - the worst thing about it is the rather lowsy phillips motor.
I remember having the pleasure of listening to a DPS 2 when they were first made and was impressed by it's superb timing - akin to a heavy platter deck without oerhang, bit like a Direct Drive or an Idler. In retrospect I attributed it to the motor and platter primarily.
Fast forward to some time later when I got my hands on an Elite Rock - as aforementioned the one real weakness is the drive mechanism.
For many moons I looked for the Berger Lahrs AC Synchronous motor from the DPS - unfortunately Berger Lahrs do not hae it listed, neither would they sell one to me.
As it happened a chap who upgraded his DPS2 to DPS3 spec was selling the motor and power supply so I jumped at the chance to buy it. The things is that the DPS pulley is set up so as to drive a turntable platter by the circumferance - not a sub platter. The problem is that the Elite rock has a platter with a slight angle to it. Now I require a platter that fits onto the Townshend sub-platter machined to the exact size for the platter to be driven at the circumference. I have been wanting to try out a Lexan/Polycarbonate platter as opposed to acrylic due to its low energy storage too. The problem is that polycarbonate is not easy to machine.
I happen to have a Townshend Elite Rock - the worst thing about it is the rather lowsy phillips motor.
I remember having the pleasure of listening to a DPS 2 when they were first made and was impressed by it's superb timing - akin to a heavy platter deck without oerhang, bit like a Direct Drive or an Idler. In retrospect I attributed it to the motor and platter primarily.
Fast forward to some time later when I got my hands on an Elite Rock - as aforementioned the one real weakness is the drive mechanism.
For many moons I looked for the Berger Lahrs AC Synchronous motor from the DPS - unfortunately Berger Lahrs do not hae it listed, neither would they sell one to me.
As it happened a chap who upgraded his DPS2 to DPS3 spec was selling the motor and power supply so I jumped at the chance to buy it. The things is that the DPS pulley is set up so as to drive a turntable platter by the circumferance - not a sub platter. The problem is that the Elite rock has a platter with a slight angle to it. Now I require a platter that fits onto the Townshend sub-platter machined to the exact size for the platter to be driven at the circumference. I have been wanting to try out a Lexan/Polycarbonate platter as opposed to acrylic due to its low energy storage too. The problem is that polycarbonate is not easy to machine.