Hi Halcro,
Thanks for uploading those pictures. It is exciting to see how different tables perform. First, note that the Raw Frequency plots are nearly the same on both tables as it should be. That is due to the eccentricty of the grooves to the center hole of the record. Is the Raven a belt drive table? I also see different results on my table (belt drive); but the numbers improve the longer I let my table run. Warm up time seems to be more critical for belt drive vs. your direct drive.
What is interesting too is that I see about a 5 second period in the filtered plots which is the same for my table. Since the period is 5 seconds, I would not call that motor cogging. I think it is the speed control circuits. The designers have probably purposefully put in long time constants to make sure the speed correction is slow and gentle so as not to be heard.
Thanks for uploading those pictures. It is exciting to see how different tables perform. First, note that the Raw Frequency plots are nearly the same on both tables as it should be. That is due to the eccentricty of the grooves to the center hole of the record. Is the Raven a belt drive table? I also see different results on my table (belt drive); but the numbers improve the longer I let my table run. Warm up time seems to be more critical for belt drive vs. your direct drive.
What is interesting too is that I see about a 5 second period in the filtered plots which is the same for my table. Since the period is 5 seconds, I would not call that motor cogging. I think it is the speed control circuits. The designers have probably purposefully put in long time constants to make sure the speed correction is slow and gentle so as not to be heard.