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RE: Many such designs might be possible...

...but not always realistic. Consider the noise inherent on most, perhaps all, LP's. As I got quieter and quieter turntables culminating in my VPI/Denon DP-75 rig, it became easier to distinguish mechanical and electrical noise actually pressed in the LP. There's a floor somewhere, where the medium becomes the limiting factor.

To sink beneath that floor is unproductive and takes you past the point of diminishing returns. The mechanical design improvements you suggest are likely very costly to implement and would improve noise in the Nth decimal place. They in effect become another gimmick.

Being the engineer for a small production shop (sculptural fabrication, not turntables) I don't necessarily feel that "companies are founded by machinists who are not designers themselves and just keep doing the same thing over and over with added blinks to the appearance to justify the high cost." Owch! Well, perhaps for some clients yes. We constantly seek out higher grade designs, materials, and processes to remain competitive. But our best and wisest decisions are based on spending the money where it provides the finest overall finished product.

I do concur with you to the extent that the dearth of design money and talent in phonography today lies at the root of this problem. As an example, to design and tool up for an all-new, superior DD turntable or an all-new SLR film camera would cost perhaps $1MM and take a year. No manufacturer will commit to that so they just keep adding more belts and motors to the basic belt-drive claiming its "new." I assume the manufacturer's are waiting for the wave of interest in LP playback to pass, when this Bear is a rug...



Edits: 10/23/16 10/23/16

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