A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Dear Halcro, Your opininon re 'springs' imply that those
expensive AT footers under DDTT make no sense?

Regards,

Are these some inventions in TT design or not?
everyone may judge on a personal bases:

➢ Nested Platter Design using  new proprietary formula for Magnesium Alloy. 30kg Mass of platter assembly 330mm Diameter. ➢ New MILSPEC Alloy used for highly damped platter ballast. ➢ New Fully Sealed Self Lubricating Highly Damped Rigid Bearing Design with Inverted 30mm Bearing shaft of special alloy running in ultra hard steel bushings. ➢ Vacuum Rotary Feedthrough for main bearing with low friction polymer seal. ➢ Massive Highly damped Magnesium Alloy Chassis with internal ribbing Shape Optimised for new bearing platter assembly using www.advea.com Reshape(tm) software. ➢ New Motor Technology Linear 3Phase AC - 24Volt DC Brushless design with integral optical encoder for motion control. Proprietary DSP software designed for ultra-low cogging and torque ripple with speed stability of 0.006%. High Torque 600 oz/inch capability continuous. ➢ 33, 45, 78 with wide range adjustment and absolute lock. ➢ Motor is Belt Drive using Pyrathane precision oring. ➢ New Vacuum Pump design with Stealth Mode Operation. Designed for continuous operation but quiet enough to house in room and in rack. ➢ New proprietary design Pulse Removal and Echo Filter System (PREFS) to remove platter to record vibration signature of continuous vacuum pump systems. ➢ New Decoupled Armboard design using Magnetic Stabilisation 

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Dear Peterayer, as for the Wave Kinetics NVS - yes, I have seen the pictures and have read the description given by the manufacturer.
Being one of the very few serious DD turntables in recent years, it will no doubt get some following in the audiophile community.
We can expect to see many owners of Technics SP-10 mk2/3 kind of "move up" to the NVS if budget permits.
Will it live up to it's "promises".
We'll see whether we will still talk about it in 2-5 years.
Cheers,
D.

Hi Thuchan,
I agree with you about Mark Doehmann and Continuum.
A serious turntable indeed...........and not a spring in sight :^)
Cheers
Henry

Dear Nandric,

Dear Halcro, Your opininon re 'springs' imply that those
expensive AT footers under DDTT make no sense?

I think that even the worst turntables seem to magically produce 'music' from the grooves.......even those on springs when there is no structure-borne feedback to upset them into vertical and lateral movement.
A really good turntable is revealed when it is under 'stress'........full orchestral climaxes at maximum volume with top cartridges and arms.
Just like a family saloon will impress while leisurely pottering around the city but comes undone negotiating tight bends at speed?
I have voiced my reservations about 'squashy' supports under the 'nude' turntables and Chris is currently experimenting with different ones so we shall see?
Cheers