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Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened?

Curious as to the demise and downfall of the seemingly short lived linear tracking TT.
Just from a geometry point of view I would have thought a linear arm should be superior to one with a fixed pivot that sweeps through an arc.
Obviously there is much more to it than that, sort of the reason for this thread.
I am genuinely interested in trying one out for myself as well.
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Just fired up my old sl10 after seeing this thread brought back .
With the Adzen p mount cart in it now, I was pleasantly impressed again .
It resides in my PC room system right now but might have to try it again in my main rig now it has a totally different phono and SUT from the last less than satisfying trial.
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jtsnead
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@twoleftears Thales is the last tonearm I will ever own, it is outstanding 
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This intrigues me and at that price I am SORELY tempted to give it a try on my Garrard 401....

http://www.airprodigy.co.uk/
cliffkhz
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This is wierd, I just stumbled on this thread after just picking up a Pioneer PL1000 from a work friend who bought it when he was stationed in Germany in 1982. He shipped it home and never played it much if at all. Well, after giving him $50.00 for it, I got it home, opened the box and Wow this TT is brand new. The dust cover is absolutely pristeen. Pluged it in and every thing works perfectly. Now to research a little more n this TT.
vortrex
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Agree with @jtsnead. I started using a Thales Simplicity II a few weeks ago.
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