Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm

Quote:I believe a great direct drive is the most difficult to achieve because of audible artifacts introduced by most implementations

I would have to say this is the total opposite IMO Idler would be the most difficult because of all the mechanical things it possess..... motor. idler wheel..idlerwheel arm etc. etc...I personally played with a few Idler TT but mostly the lenco...problem is these tables will not play the bottom end like a good direct drive period! most people that use idler tables use horn systems with limited bandwidth so they do not understand what i mean...the idler (lenco) can give you a false impression of bottom end because its shelved up in response in the 40 cycle range but homogenizes the last octave....please do not kid yourself they are very nice sounding but not IMO in the same league that the upper best DD are

win we talked about this remember...I think you may have taken offense and if so I am sorry... I hear what i hear and i know what i know

Lawrence
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Lew,

You you may be right. I spoke out of school because I lack the extensive firsthand experience that you have.

Thuchan,

You are right.

Lawrence,

I took no offense, but you haven't heard them all, and I'm here to say that an idler can be made that can do anything the others can do. I am sure of it.

Now, if I can only convince Syntax. Then, the fight will be won! That will certainly take some convincing, won't it? At least he and I agree about string drive! ;)

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Mosin
Now, if I can only convince Syntax. Then, the fight will be won! That will certainly take some convincing, won't it? At least he and I agree about string drive! ;)

Hi Mosin - seems like an easy fix.

Send him one of your tables to hear, and see if he returns it.

No?

Dover recently I had a demonstration of a Nakamichi 1000 table and was impressed, I just got caught up in the hoopla about it thats all,I should read this site more and I'll shut up .I know a reference position is needed of course to use a centre correcting jig and much more work can be done on my attempts.
Mosin I agree with Lewm on the issue of direct drives, Halcros nude thread on plinth-less dd is a shining example of the influence poor plinth design and material used can directly effect performance. On the other side of the coin is the plinth of the fantastic Kenwood L07D.

Lawrence,
even if this is the case as you described very well with the Lenco users this is not an argument against idler drives per se. Not all horn systems have a limited bandwith. I am a running a perfectly adjusted EMT R 80 idler with my modern 5way horn system (TAD berrylium drivers) with two active subs and I am pretty sure there is no limitation at all. I am able to compare all three drive technologies in one system. As said before in the Top League it is more a matter of implementation than what kind of drive you are going for.