A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Dertonarm,
Have you seen photos of and read about the Wave Kenetics NVS Direct Drive table? It is a new, expensive DD table which promises some performance gains.

Peterayer,
I have never heard an SME table of any kind in a known/controlled environment so cannot answer your specific question.
In principle, I am against any turntable which sits on 'springs' as this almost certainly invites the turntable to 'move'.....possibly laterally as well as vertically?
All belt drives which have a solid foundation at least have a chance of extracting some reasonable information from the grooves. This includes the Raven AC-3.

Deartonearm,

in general you are right. Maybe we should add to your list of gifted innovators during the last decade Mark Doehmann et alt. from Continuum (software, vaccuum system, bearing, built quality, motor, steering system, tonearm)

best @ fun only

Dear Peterayer, yes, I have read the technical description - as far as available - about the WK NVS. It will certainly get some following in the audiophile community. Especially so as it is one of the very few new "serious" direct drive turntables out there.
Cheers,
D.

Dear Halcro, this statement of yours

in principle, I am against any turntable which sits on 'springs' as this almost certainly invites the turntable to 'move'.....possibly laterally as well as vertically?
All belt drives which have a solid foundation at least have a chance of extracting some reasonable information from the grooves.

is a very dangerous one.
It is neither backed up by physic laws nor by technical knowledge.
Engineers involved in electron-microscoping or vibration-isolating would rather tell you that it is vice versa ....
The "solid foundation" of an "unsuspended" turntable is a plain illusion.
An - well applied !! - isolation from building resonance by means of a suitable spring (rarely done in analog tts) is the only way to achieve undisturbed extraction of the encoded groove.
Problem here is, that most spring-systems in turntables are so unsuited to the task.
Put your AC3 on a Minus-K which upper payload meets the mass of your full mounted AC3 and your jaw will drop to your very knees.
You will immediately hear, that so far you heard only 80% of your AC3s potential.
Promised.
I will buy the MInus-K + shipping from you if you do not hear what I promised.
Cheers,
D.