A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Dear Thuchan,
Yes, Micro Seiki knew a thing or two about analogue.
Your SX 8000 had it's motor separated from the plinth/platter and, as you say, the very solid arm boards attached rigidly to the plinth.
This is an example of an understandable use of a plinth........not designed to change the sound of the information extracted from the grooves, but to support the platter bearing and tonearms.
Sort of copied by TW Raven among others? :-)

Dear Raul,
I think you and I are in agreement on these things.
In terms of the compromises inherent at every step of the analogue system, it is still possible for even a budget turntable/arm/cartridge combination to easily outdo digital reproduction and with the best analogue reproduction, it is possible to approach the sound of master tapes?
So those compromises must be very small and easily overcome for this to be?
Regards
Henry

Dear Dertonarm,
No......Galileo didn't have a happy life with the Pope in Rome, but his book gave him immortality.
I saw you as the perfect candidate as Galileo in this case with your new turntable almost perfected?
And then with Raul's new tonearm, we will all only have to worry about which cartridges to play with? :-)
Cheers
Henry

DT, I was joking of course. This discourse was getting entirely too serious. For any one of us to elevate it to the level of the concepts brought forth by Copernicus or Galileo is ludicrous. Socrates, maybe....

Dear Henry, your remark above to Thuchan re the SX8000 is in contradistinction to your original theory in all its specifics, as is the SX8000 itself. The SX8000 and the lesser M-S tts in its family, all use massively heavy plinths and an iron grip (literally) between the tonearm mount/tonearm and the chassis. I agree with it. But "motor separated from plinth/platter" leaves us only with belt-drive turntables. I thought you were enjoying your Victor.