Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive

Alexberger" "After Lenco I use EMT 948.
It is a number of levels over Lenco and Nottingham Specced."

You surprise me, Alex.  A legendary TT, costing 10x as much (used), beats entry level from Nottingham. Who would have thought it possible?

@atmasphere

With Mijo, I wonder about that too. If you were running a really low output MC like some of the AudioNotes, you would think that the electro-magnetic noise from the motor might have an effect. It is not clear just how that noise would manifest, and if it were a subtle veiling of the music, one might ascribe it to something else, or even not hear it consciously at all.

That would depend on distance and magnetic isolation, I suppose - and on the plinth and platter material; so I suppose that aluminum (paramagnetic), or even better, copper (diamagnetic), might be a solution. Might that be why a copper mat works well on some turntables?

Hi @terry9 ,

Nottingham Analogue  Sapcedeck is not entry level. It was a third level after HORIZON and INTERSPACE. I bought Nottingham Sapcedeck with Spaecarm in 2002 a brand new by full price.
I bought EMT948 in 2011 on eBay used by 2400 Euro. Yes I know that it costed 12000 DM brand new back in 1980x. But I payed a similar amount of money for both turntables.
An I also had Lenco L78 in between 2010-2011. And I liked this  low budget TT more than  Nottingham Sapcedeck. 

Regards,
Alex.

It seems that 10x was an exaggeration. I stand corrected.

I payed $3300 USD!!! for Nottingham with Spacearm included taxes.
The price was higher because I was living in Israel that time.
I don’t care about brand new price of EMT948 in 1980.
Personally, I didn’t pay more for EMT than I payed for Nottingham...