Dear Spirit, the bits about torque and feedback and all that stuff in your most recent long post are not logical. A high torque motor does not obviate the need for feedback. In fact, it may increase the need for feedback, because the motor is "in control" of the platter, moreso than in a low-torque/high-mass platter design, and there may need to be a mechanism to signal the motor that the platter is spinning too fast or too slow. Conversely, low torque per se does not increase the need for feedback. The belt-drive tt's that use low torque motors typically coupled with a high mass platter can get away with no servo on the premise that the inertial mass of the platter is "in control" of maintaining constant speed. No tt I know of has a higher torque motor than does the Technics SP10 Mk3, yet it certainly uses stringent feedback and a servo to maintain exact speed. It also has the heaviest platter of any DD tt. On the other hand, the L07D has a lower torque motor (but maybe not "low torque", if we were to define that term) and uses a rather "loose" servo feedback mechanism. Also, keep in mind that the inherent issues in DD, belt-drive, and rim-drive applications are different. Each tt is designed from the ground up by an engineer or a group of engineers (in the good old days) to do the job of spinning an LP. It is well enough to say that you are pleased with what you've got.
Harold, The L07D has a very "effortless" sound. Quiet and smooth, like butter. It gets there with a platter that is relatively high mass for a DD (can't recall the weight but between 12 and 20 lbs with optional peripheral ring), but is not high mass compared to the SP10 Mk3 (21 lbs), a coreless motor, a magnetically suspended bearing (in the vertical), and an incredibly conceived and executed plinth and tonearm mount which rigidly links the tonearm pivot to the bearing assembly using a large girder of stainless steel or alu to do so. Everything was attended to in its design in the sense that it is a complete unit right out to and including the specially designed headshell, unlike almost all other DD tt's that really consist of a motor/chassis which the end-user must mate with a plinth and tonearm of his further choice, with no particular attention paid to linkage. In fact, that latter unified design aspect is probably also of functional benefit in the Salvation/Terminator combo. The two were designed to go together.
Harold, The L07D has a very "effortless" sound. Quiet and smooth, like butter. It gets there with a platter that is relatively high mass for a DD (can't recall the weight but between 12 and 20 lbs with optional peripheral ring), but is not high mass compared to the SP10 Mk3 (21 lbs), a coreless motor, a magnetically suspended bearing (in the vertical), and an incredibly conceived and executed plinth and tonearm mount which rigidly links the tonearm pivot to the bearing assembly using a large girder of stainless steel or alu to do so. Everything was attended to in its design in the sense that it is a complete unit right out to and including the specially designed headshell, unlike almost all other DD tt's that really consist of a motor/chassis which the end-user must mate with a plinth and tonearm of his further choice, with no particular attention paid to linkage. In fact, that latter unified design aspect is probably also of functional benefit in the Salvation/Terminator combo. The two were designed to go together.