Turnable database with TimeLine

I'm pleased at your reaction Harold-not-the-barrel......
This Thread has a few videos of both DD and belt-drive turntables,,,,,enough to form an impression of their performances under load.....
What we have still to see, are Idlers and Rim-drives with the Timeline?
If you have an iPhone....it would really help us to see your Salvation direct rim-drive with the Timeline? You can upload the video directly from the iPhone to YouTube.
It really doesn't matter whether it 'passes' the Timeline test? It would be great to see exactly how it 'fails'.....as this would add significantly to the Database?

Peterayer, I had several KAB strobe units in the past and noticed sample to to sample variations and locking at a different speed from my AC strobes, so I sopped using them. Only recently we got the battery operated Ortofon units in and again we found the KAB strobes a bit off.

Disclaimer- Ortofon dealer.

Sorry, Henry. I may have failed to be clear about my opinion on the Timeline vs the KAB. I agree that the former is probably a more demanding standard than the latter. What I meant to say is that when the KAB is "happy", I tend to be happy too, meaning the KAB standard seems to be good enough for me.

Interesting thing happened last weekend. I invited my audiophile neighbor over to my house to listen to the Beveridge speakers I have set up as a second system in my basement. The source was my highly modified Lenco tt (slate plinth, Jeremy Superbearing, Speed dialed in from Walker Audio Precision Motor Controller). When in the course of our listening I played a 45 rpm LP, by switching the Walker from 33 to 45, he remarked that he is cursed with perfect pitch and that the Lenco sounded a tad slow on 45. We checked his judgement using the KAB strobe, with and without the stylus drag. The KAB showed without doubt that the Lenco was in fact running a tad FAST, not slow, at 45. But the speed was "constant", in that the "45" viewed via the strobe, was not wiggling back and forth, but drifting slowly in the direction that indicates overspeed. Anyway, we live and learn. (This guy owns the Timeline that I have been able to borrow on the odd occasion. His own expensive belt-drive tt is revealed by his own Timeline to be wildly variable in speed. The maker is replacing his motor controller and belt in hopes of curing the problem.)

Lewm,

"a tad slow on 45. We checked his judgement using the KAB strobe, with and without the stylus drag. The KAB showed without doubt that the Lenco was in fact running a tad FAST, not slow, at 45"

The problem is with the KAB strobe and not your friend, it locks in slightly lower than the correct speed. Test it against better units and you'll see. for yourself that its off.

Dkarmeli, that is interesting. It is the first I've read of variation among samples of the KAB strobe. I don't mean to defend the KAB, but I don't know anything about the Ortofon units. How do you know that the Ortofon is accurate? Have you tested it against a known reference?