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The effect of the Expanding Universe on turntables

Since the Universe has been continually expanding after the Big Bang, then it stands to reason that all objects have expanded also , but not nessecarily in proper proportion. This means that the turntable you buy today will actually be larger(and contain more mass) at some date in the distant future (20 years?). I have now discovered why I have never had a used turntable (over 100 turntables) that is on accurate 33&1/3 RPM speed, even with quality synchronous motors. This phono-nomenon can only be attributed to the fact that all the motor parts and the platter are now larger and more massive than previously and thus the ratios of pullies and gears is no longer as designed (in the past), this is the only explanation I can offer as to why the speed of old turntables is faster than when new(by a small percent).It also explains why many older mechanical devices never work properly , no matter how well maintaied and repaired.
mint604
khrys
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All things are relative, of course, some more than others. Like this thread. It is so last century and multidimensionally challenged. Understandibly most confuse centrifugal force with centripital acceleration. Ever heard of a gyroscope? Ever heard of 'M' or string theory? Think your turntable doesn't have a vertical vector? What do you suppose has a greater effect upon the relative mass or size of your turntable:1)a 12lb Siamese cat lordosing within 1.25 meters of the power supply; 2)a 747 cruising overhead at 42,000 feet; 3)the Moon; 4)Mars; 5)the expanding universe. Guess what? Distance counts for a lot. Keep the cat away unless she really likes your Claudine Longet colection. You could save this membrane for at least a little longer by resisting her ascendancy to the NRAs guntelligentsia. My Walthar PPK is locked and loaded but who could not utilize a Glock 9mm. 9mm is the VTA of my Triplanar VII. Sorry.
krellm7
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Walk away from your computer walk out of your basement & get some sun!
guidocorona
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Khrys, cats count for more than anything else in the universe, regardless of mass, distance and relativistic state. Cats on a spinning TT are especially scared. Cats on a spinning lump of pizza doe are very unhappy. Unhappy or scared cats are very unmusical.
khrys
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Guido, if you know your leptons then you know spinning cats are charmed; not scared or unhappy. Possibly still unmusical.
fatparrot
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Mint604, first, I don't believe that the expanding universe theory has been proved, and there are still many scientists who subscribe to the "collapsing universe" theory, although I believe that they are now in the minority.

Second, it is the INTER-STELLAR SPACE OF THE UNIVERSE, NOT THE MATTER WITHIN, that is expanding. This has been confirmed by the "red light shift" [Doppler effect] of distant stars. Matter cannot be created nor destroyed, although it can be converted into energy [nuclear fission and fusion].

Third, the gravitational force exerted by the earth is like "a fart in a tornado" when compared to red dwarf stars, neutron stars, and the theoretical "black holes". These are astronomical bodies more likely to "bend" the space-time continuum.

Fourth, I think that maybe you have been "expanding" your mind a little too much, if you actually believe any of your misapplied logic. Great sci-fi reading, though!
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