JVC QL-A7
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Looking for the Honda S2000 of turntables
"I have read nothing but bad things about direct drive tables: rumble, resonance from the motor under the platter. Are these issues overstated?" Yes. I wonder where you read these "nothing but bad things" from. After all, the most highly regarded and the most expensive turntable in the world, Rockport Sirius III, at the time of its release was a direct-drive turntable. The record you will be playing is made from a record cutting lathe that has a direct-drive motor. Enough said. By the way, there's more than one brand of direct-drive turntables other than Technics so if you don't like Technics does not mean you have to dismiss the whole direct-drive genre. I prefer post-1975 era products. There are many poorly made belt-drive turntables out there as well with toy motors and glass platters. Be ware of hack jobs. I like idler-drive, belt-drive, AND direct-drive so whatever you choose is fine by me but to dismiss the entire genre of products based on hearsay is limiting yourself the chance of getting exposed to different sound and fun. It's a shame. ____ |
Shrevie: "I find the reaction by the poster who was shocked that I had heard such things about DD pretty disingenuous. Do we not read the same magazines? Have you ever seen Technics listed as a recommended component, best buy, etc.? I haven't." We do read the same magazines. But your original quote dismissed the entire genre of direct-drive, not the Technics. Here's what you wrote: "I have read nothing but bad things about direct drive tables: rumble, resonance from the motor under the platter." The Rockport Sirius was a direct drive was in the Stereophile class A+ recommended component for years. The Monaco Grand Prix was also in recommended component and in fact component of the year in HiFi+, sister magazine of TAS. The Goldmund Studio was one of the most coveted turntable in the 80's. The reason there aren't many direct-drive available is because they are too damn expensive to make! As for the Technics not having recommendation from those magazines is because there was never a formal review. No review, naturally no recommendation. It's just that simple. If you look online there are formal reviews in many respectable sites. Here's at least one positive review: http://www.tnt-audio.com/sorgenti/technics_sl1200_2_e.html It's really silly that I even need to use magazines to justify my point as I usually don't even care for the reviews in those magazines. Trust your own ears. If an audiophile goes into a dealer hears a bad belt-drive turntable in audition, he or she probably would ask for a different belt-drive turntable (and probably that's all they have) and most likely not cross their mind about change drive system, right? If they hear a bad direct-drive or, let's say, a bad Technics, they would immediately point the finger at direct drive as a bad drive system without further investigation. The bad reps direct-drive turntables got from the 70's and 80's from the press has been fully recovered. It's a shame. I am not a Technics fanboy at all. I am fan of turntables, period. _____ |