Dear Dertonarm/Syntax: +++++ " However IMHO speed accuracy is a basic - if not THE basic - request to ANY turntable.
As said before - this is a conditio sine qua non for any turntable.
As this is a basic feature, it is not contributing to the sound quality.... " +++++
IMHO that statement is plain wrong: it is as to say that a phono stage " basic request " is no RIAA deviation/gain with no noise or in an amplifier 0.01 ohms output impedance or in a cartridge flat ( cero deviation ) frequency response or whatever with any kind of audio items.
The premise that those are " basic request " audio device in the designs does not means the audio product already achieved only because are " main request ".
In our imperfect audio world there are almost none of that " main requests " in any design that fulfil those main requests.
So to assume that main requests are all there is IMHO a wrong assumption.
TT's is only an example both of you can take any audio item and you will and know that the " majority " does not fulfil even those main requests. Mediocrity is the name of the game with a few exceptions.
Now, speed is only one factor in the whole TT design and in the final quality level performance.
We will see how good the " main request " on a TT: neutral/accurate can be match by all those new designs including yours.
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.