Why hasnt a turntable manufacturer produced a table with automatic tonearm return/shutoff?
I'm listening to my old Technics 1700 turntable, which has the tonearm return/ shutoff mechanism. It's one of the reasons I don't upgrade. The idea that you have to get up to retrieve the cartridge and turn off the machine makes little sense when the technology has been there for years. I know the issue of the mechanism introducing sound into the table, but it seems to me that the mechanism can be isolated and kept off until the record ends. What gives?
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@richardbrand “I’d rather keep it (the stylus) for playing music” True that there is no damage playing the run out in the short term, but if you are the sort of listener who frequently dozes off…………………those 400 hours left will rapidly disappear. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZ |
pryso, I would think that an output transformer to some degree does protect the speaker, especially from DC offset and maybe a little from an audio signal burst if it exceeds in wattage the amount that the OPT itself can tolerate. Of course, in that case you have a damaged OPT. But with my OTL amplifiers, there is nothing except in the case of a conventional ESL, the audio transformer in the ESL affords some protection. With the Beveridge speakers, there is literally nothing to protect them if one of their amplifiers' output stage goes south. |
@dwette "...I would not buy a high-end turntable with this unnecessary crap. At this level I want sonic excellent that isn’t compromised with unnecessary features." I think this captures the essence of the reason. First that audiophile equipment strives to do one thing at the very highest level of performance and reliability... absolutely, and for the money. Consumer electronics is sold on the basis of features and functions not sound quality. So if a company released a tt with extra features it would be perceived as inferior. So at this point... it would be really difficult for a high end company to even do a turntable with a lift and return mechanism. |
Exactly, because pretty much no one at the analog high end wants this stuff. It's consumer level fluff for casual listeners. My analog front end is pretty high end, it's completely manual, that's how it should be, and that's how I like it. There is no problem to solve. Outside consumer turntables I think auto lift and return for dedicated/serious listening is a solution looking for a problem. |
