At what point can you hear a Fast or Slow Table?


Using the KAB speed strobe my Turntable is right on speed. However, when accounting for stylus drag the speed drops to precisely (according to KAB) to .37% slow with the needle in the first track. Is this minor enough to just let it go? Can this even be heard by someone with perfect pitch?

The table is a brand new P5 with TTPSU
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A fast or slow turntable will affect the pitch of the music. The accepted standard today is 440 Hz for middle A, but there has been wide variation throughout history, and even some variation today.

See http://www.uk-piano.org/history/pitch.html.

There was an international squbble once about the pitch of the Vienna Opera. It was too high, said many Divas, and bad for their voices. Musicians know that tuning just a bit high makes the music sound more exciting, and some do it on purpose.