Motor Controller ugrade for Raven One Turntable

Slowhand,

I replaced the original aluminium color mc box then used by TW with their Raven AC-1 with the new all black battery operated mc used with the Black Knight. The improvement was nothing short of astounding. I had friends over who were amazed by the improvement. The improvements you will hear are infinitely better soundstaging, more precise focus, and a whole new world in lower frequency response. Hope this helps.

So the question still arises, how bad can the stock motor controller be that a replacement is "nothing short of astounding". And shame on TW if the stock controller is that bad on a table costing that much. since the only thing a motor is supposed to do is turn at a consistent speed, an astounding improvement is only possible if the stock motor controller didnt do that.

I am not arguing that maintaining a constant speed of the platter will not result in improved sound. I am arguing that any decent turntable of that expense should come stock with a motor and controller that does that basic function.

Hi Elinor,

how can this be? The controller just controls the motor or motors depending on which table you have.

The motor/motors have a belt attached to the pully and then the belt goes around the platter of the table.

Can anyone explain, to me it must be something to do with speed stability.

It's the modern LP12. No matter what you do, you will never reach an end.

It sounds like it should be classified as a recall and a replacement instead of an "upgrade."