This is audio, and not everything can be measure. Before the TW I owned the one with ceramic magnetic bearing. And my perception was TW could never beat it in this aspect.A no contact floating spindle. I bought TW because it's massive, beautiful, black...And what, TW sound way, way better,and I'm using the same tonearm, cart...Btw I never heard of Caliburn, Walker and Transrotor.
Why three motors?
Can someone enlighten me on the wisdom of having a three motor turntable like the TW Acustic with only ONE side of the belt touching the platter?
Here is an example.
I just don't get it...
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Hey Downunder, it is very simple: I have finally realized how great all TW-products (past, present and future) are. Given the fact (which many fellow A'goners here discovered before...) that I am slow and rather simple-minded, that came somewhat late to me. But now I am convinced. The 3-motor-drive/one-side-belt-touch-only was the very last drop I needed. When I realized the striking idea and empirical research behind it, I was stunned in awe. That's what I tried to express in the past posts in this thread. Syntax too is already desperately looking for 2 more Micro Seiki RY5500 motor drives to finally enter Nirvana. Problem is, those motors are too large to fit in the spaces between his armbases and the rack is too small too. Anyway - neither him nor me will turn on our front-end again before adding more motors to the set-up. I will check back with my Lancia whether I can't add 1 or 2 more motors to make the drive more relaxed and to add further presence to the drive experience. |
Gents, let me explain,this is a very compex response so read carefully. Dear Downunder, thank you very much for your insight and warning. It is indeed VERY complex, I read it carefully AND very s-l-o-w-l-y. Probably that Pic from the Raven is an old one, guess Raven Mk 33.3, you see it, that the belt is stretched. The later generation has one with higher specs (but I am not sure). But it saves the owner some money, he pulls away the motors and can use it some more time. Great. This German knows what the Audiophile needs. When I realized the striking idea and empirical research behind it, I was stunned in awe... Yes, never too old to learn from a real Master. Some time ago I made comparisons with Belts, I got some very interesting results, but when I see this fascinating solution, I think, I missed the target by a mile. Belt Comparison ... is already desperately looking for 2 more Micro Seiki RY5500 motor drives to finally enter Nirvana. Problem is, those motors are too large to fit in the spaces between his armbases and the rack is too small too. Well, well, here you see my experiment for the sonical Nirwana. |
"Thomas did something that was amazing. He listened to one motor, two motors, 3 motors, multiple belts and came up to the conclusion that 3 motors with one belt sounded better." You skipped the process of him listening to THREE side of the belt touching the platter, and then TWO sides, and the finally ONE side to reach nirvana. I have nothing against TW, it could be a different brand and all I saw was a turntable with a rather curious belt arrangement that I never saw before so I asked a simple question. Why? So far no convincing answer. Even more curious, is that the manufacturer no longer have such configuration. And I have to ask why again. Was it a flop and had to change course again? Are those 3-motor turntable owners still sticking to that belt arrangement? If change, what do you do with the extra motors? ___ |
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