Turntable speed accuracy

Dear Nandric, the Goldmund REF designed by George Bernard and the latest edition mkII also. The latest projects of both Simon & Pierre were about $25000 and it comes naturally the cause of their choise regarding BD TTs as Eddie first showing the seeds of the "exotic" creations (?)
I've had in my posession the Zarathustra S4 and the J4/SL5 and for a limited time (3 months) the Studio ST4. All of them were very fine TTs and not so far from reality ($$$).
Anyway right now I'm far away from this kind of lust and I feel that the Hi-Fi market's turning point at '80s with the Japan giants leaving the field to some hungry animals, it is still our torment today after 3 decades and we owe it to our love for this hobby to realise and accept the influence which has upon us the marketing status. After the shrinkage of the hi-fi market, the industry turns it's back and left the designers to seek for the whealthy victims among us. There is so little progress and so much BS today that the buyer is usually go for the more beautiful as a statement of his life style. But unfortunatelly TTs are not cars and so, his "Buggatti" is only for the eye and refuses to spin properly a vinyl.
Are we going to feed this monster again?

Geoch: "I feel that the Hi-Fi market's turning point at '80s with the Japan giants leaving the field to some hungry animals, it is still our torment today after 3 decades and we owe it to our love for this hobby to realise and accept the influence which has upon us the marketing status. After the shrinkage of the hi-fi market, the industry turns its back and left the designers to seek for the wealthy victims among us. There is so little progress and so much BS today that the buyer is usually go for the more beautiful as a statement of his life style. But unfortunately TTs are not cars and so, his "Bugatti" is only for the eye and refuses to spin properly a vinyl. Are we going to feed this monster again?"

Great post, Geoch! And great question!

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You must be kidding me, right?

Hiho,
I'm not sure how to take that. If you know the names of any engineers who designed state of the art TTs in the 70s and 80s, why don't you just list them, along with the company they worked for, and where they post in discussion forum today? That's what I'm interested in knowing.

Who did Kuzma work for before starting Kuzma in 82?

What about Yorke? Where did he work before starting to build his own TTs?

How about Driessen of Pluto Audio? Pluto was founded in 74. Did he work somewhere else before that?

We interrupt this program for one comment on tt speed accuracy: For those of you who have been holding your breath for a report on the speed accuracy of my SP10 Mk3, results are in: Perfect! I am so relieved I am going to sit down now with a stiff cognac, keeping in mind that this is a Sunday morning. I had had such faith in the Mk3 that I had never checked it before, even with my KAB strobe, but you guys have made me question my convictions.

The AC voltage at my wall socket is 121V this morning. I actually feared that this over-voltage (Technics PS says to feed it 110V) would confound the Technics. But the PS has an AC regenerator built into it, so apparently no issues.

Lewm,

Congratulations. Is that with the stylus in the groove?