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| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Johnnantais,I appreciate your contribution here. It's more like what I was seeking when I asked about this topic. I'm aware of your Despot thread but it's so huge now I can't even find the end of it. What do you think about the Thorens 124? I took... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Sean,Assuming nothing about relative sizes of car and boulder, and knowing nothing about polar moments (sounds like a phrase from a travel brochure) I would surmise that the boulder would be slowed somewhat by your body since it was coasting where... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Seandtaylor99,Please understand that I am not an engineer. What I pose here is speculative and lay in the extreme. Consider that your stylus is being driven through obstacles such as a narrowing of the groove or some groove pattern of exceptional ... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? I understand fully well that any approach can be mishandled or compromised by price point considerations, sheer ineptitude or misdirection. Let those units go. They are not intended to influence this discussion. Taking the best efforts in each of ... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? I've reread my last post repeatedly in search of the comment that triggered the Immodium and bloody shorts remarks.I guess I'm going to need an explanation.Immodium is for the control of diarrhea not for relief of constipation.I looked it up. As f... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? More like a series of jokes. Sort of like the turntable with the schtick shift. And I didn't get ole CW making a prediction. He came across to me as condescending, as if my question had no merit. 4yanx, as usual, provided a cogent observation. Thi... | |
| Remake of "Stairway to Heaven" Blasphemy Right! That's on her GreatesTits album. | |
| Question for Zu Druid owners... Hi Glitch,I'm in western Colorado about 300 miles from the Zu factory. You needn't worry about your matchup. The Druids will work fine with anything that has sufficient power and as I stated earlier that isn't a very demanding matter. However, the... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Goldmund made a direct drive table and I've heard that the final version of the Rockport was DD. A poster above mentioned the Monaco turntable that appears poised to surpass all existing turntables in measurements and sonics. The Technics SL 1200 ... | |
| Question for Zu Druid owners... I too am unfamiliar with the Unico but I power my Druids with an Onix/Melody SP-3. It's a 38 watt per channel tubed integrated and the level of performance is staggering. I actually bought my Onix from one of the guys at Zu. It mates very well. An... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Some good info before the thread veered sharply downward. I'm going to conclude from this meager participation that direct drive is a better performer than belt and few people are aware of the fact. And at least one person thinks that rim drive is... | |
| What speakers can make a convert of Maggie lovers? Zu provides the big soundstage, paper cones, high efficiency, boxless sound, etc. that have been mentioned in the previous posts and they are not especially pricy, although they will cost you more than JBL 4312's. The presentation is fast and prec... | |
| What speakers can make a convert of Maggie lovers? So many of our forum arguments seem to involve assertions about the superiority of one preference over another. I've had ample experience with panels and point sources and I prefer the point source. It's more to the point, so to speak. But the Mag... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? What I remember about the rise of belt drive at the expense of DD was the feud between Ivor of Linn and Michael of SOTA. It went on for years to the delight of the audio press. It seemed to be staged in much the same way as the WWF feuds. It cause... | |
| What speakers can make a convert of Maggie lovers? Some of the recommendation are well above your stated target price. The Zu Druids sell for more like half of what you have budgeted and do everything you're looking for in splendid fashion. And dealer showrooms are not an issue since Zu sells fact... |