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RE: Motor controllers

Posted by John Elison (A) on August 24, 2014 at 12:36:43

In Reply to: Motor controllers posted by Jack D II on August 24, 2014 at 10:25:38:

> I suspect that motor controllers would work very well with any table as long as it were a good one-
> the better the controller the better it would work.

I suspect that motor controllers will work only with turntables using AC synchronous motors that are directly powered from the mains waveform. Perhaps this is the norm today, but I haven't owned such a turntable since my original AR turntable over 40-years ago. My Thorens TD-126 Mk III had a servo controlled DC motor. My Denon DP-62L was servo controlled direct-drive. I had a Dual 505 many years ago that might have run off the mains waveform but I don't remember. My Sota Millennia Vacuum has its own built-in motor controller and my Technics SL-1200 Mk2 is quartz-locked direct-drive. Therefore, I think it depends on the particular turntable as to whether it would benefit from a motor controller.

Best regards,
John Elison

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