Pheonix Engineering Road Runner


This product was very popular when produced by Phoenix Engineering before they went out of business and seems to be even more popular after. My question is why hasn't some other manufacturer made something similar? The demand seems to be there.
sgunther
The Road Runner is going back into production, in a deal struck between Phoenix Engineering designer/owner Bill Carlin and SOTA Industries. However, it may be a dedicated SOTA turntable-only product.
The RR is half the battle.  The real benefit is realized when the RR is used in concert with either the Eagle or the Falcon to power the motor.  In that case, the RR feeds back to the power supply and holds speed steady as a rock (once equilibrium is achieved).  The RR alone only monitors platter speed; it does not autocorrect the speed.  If SOTA is going to market the duo, I don't see why you could not use the SOTA product(s) with any 3-phase AC synchronous tt motor.