A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Atmasphere,
Empire 208?
Hmmmmm...belt drive? I kinda figured you as an idler kind of guy?
Any comments on other drive systems?

T_bone,

Many thanks and I look forward to finding out.

Dear Henry, if you want this thread to soon get out of hand, the best way is to encourage the idler-, belt- and direct-drive "camps" to start a discussion about what is the "best" drive system for turntables .....
This is a minefield full of personal preferences and highly explosive "sensibilities".
Especially so, as each and every of the popular drive principles does have special requirements to the tt-design as a whole.
Better leave this alone .... it won't do any good to the Copernican view of the turntable.
Cheers,
D.

Banquo363,

Congrats. They certainly make a difference.

Hi Dgob - did you try the sp10 with just 3 of the 616's.
I realize they probably come in a set of four, but being this exercise focuses on simplicity and isolation does it not make sense to use 3 touch points instead of an extra one under the sp10. 3 will certainly hold it up.

Doesn't using 4 make leveling of the TT harder?

I use 3 mapleshade brass heavy foot spikes.

Henry I believe you use 3 tip toes?

Raul did you ever try it with three. Are they only designed to be used with all four?

Curious. Thx. Chris