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@dover Thanks for that detailed and fascinating contribution...🤩I love it....I actually tried a number of 'approved threads' sent to me by Dertonearm for driving the Raven AC-2 as an alternative to the rubber belt.Unfortunately....none of them cou... 
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Thanks for your thoughts Maestro....I think you bring up the important contributions that cartridges AND arms bring to the whole turntable question.Of course, when one is dealing with gear of this caliber, the deficiencies in any one sonic paramet... 
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Thanks for accepting the challenge Edgewear......We now seem to have all bases covered 🤗Almost......TT1 - DD with Glanz 610LXTT2 - BD with London Decca ReferenceTT3 - BD with AS PalladianTT4 - DD with Sony XL-88DCongratulations Edgewear 👏🎉All that... 
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Btw, Halcro, very sneaky of you to have both TT’s spinning at all times 😉Hahaha.......Not only that Maestro.....I also alternated where my stylus cleaning apparatus was located to confuse the 'eagle-eyed' even more 🧨 😝So to recap:-Dover and Noroma... 
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Take your time Maestro.....There's only two audiophiles sweating on the verdict 🥴 
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Thanks @noromance .....Your courage is noted 👍You and @dover are in agreement. That should give you both some confidence.....Although I do detect some hesitation from both of you...🤔But where is our in-house maistro @frogman ......?Could he break ... 
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@dover I give you kudos for putting your neck (ears) on the line.....👏I'll delay revealing your 'score' in the hope that others may also be so brave....👀Hope you don't mind..... 
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Not so easy........? 🤔I remember years ago, when I stated on another Audio Forum that I couldn't be confident of picking the difference between my Belt-Drive Raven and my Direct-Drive TT-101 in a 'blindfold' test....I was derided as being 'clothea... 
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I like the  Glanz 610LX a lot.....I've been thinking for a while now......🤔You guys can detect the smallest differences between cartridges.You can hear:-Whether a MM or MCDifferences in LoadingDifferences between HeadshellsDifferences between Arms... 
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Maybe one day Mikey got enough from the business and will be able to build up a real listening room 😂I've had the privilege of visiting Thuchan's Listening Room and should emphasise that whilst he says he has three DIRECT DRIVE turntables both vin... 
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@grooves If you'd REALLY like to include an objective, repeatable, scientific and REVEALING test for any turntable.....why not ask Ron Sutherland to help you set-up TIMELINE....?This test not only reveals VISUALLY...the true ability of a turntable... 
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I am careful to state that these Platterspeed measurements are for “entertainment purposes only”Yes....but unfortunately you don't explain WHY!!!99.9% of people have no experience with the PlatterSpeed App and simply accept your published results ... 
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BTW your Platterspeed chart is a 30 second test thus smooothing out the visual result. I make sure to always take a 60 second sampleYour wish is my command......65 SECOND PLATTER APP 70 SECOND PLATTER APP  
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Your wide explanation of the yellow raw frequency is really an eye open and truly welcomed.I'm delighted to see that at least two people here are naive (or foolish) enough to believe that the yellow RAW Frequency Plot is of any value without a com... 
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Finally the Glanz seems to have run-in so that I can settle on the VTF and Loading.....I just hope Maria has put her teeth back in.....😬GLANZ MFG 610LX (with teeth)GLANZ MFG 610LX Toothless