A 60 year old turntable design is still going strong!

If the design was as inherently flawed as implied above, it becomes hard to reconcile this opinion with the actual history of the TT series.  It was in continuous production for 15yrs+ and sold in record numbers.  This tt was praised for its great sound, and excellent tracking ability.  A surprising number of original tables have survived.  If this design was as bad as implied most owners would have thrown it away, and contemporary users would have recorded issues with performance or record wear.  In fact it was continuous praised in the press, and by owners who voted with their wallets. When carefully adjusted, the arm will track a high compliance cartridge at 1g.  Cleanly.  Without inner groove distortion.  While maintaining a solid and unwavering central image from lead in groove to dead wax.  I know what mistracking sound like, I know what inner groove distortion sounds like.  I know what a wavering central image sounds like.  The AR TT and arm can be improved- I never said it could not.  But the basic design can deliver excellent performance when carefully adjusted.

They should bring back the AR Turntable.  Would sell like hotcakes.

They also should bring back hotcakes.

According to the Classic Speaker Pages, AR produced over 350,000 AR turntables from 1961-1973.

More than 3 million units of Technics SL-1200 have been sold.

Technics turntables are back in business.  But not AR turntables.