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You said basically the same thing I said

Hey Ray.

You said:

If the plinth is made of materials that are not music-friendly (some would say that certain acrylics, lead and other metals, and Corian would fit in that category) or if it is unstable, not level, etc. it doesn't matter if you are using a $10,000 tonearm/cartridge combo. It's still going to sound like crap. Very expensive crap!

& I said:

"So - what is the function of a turntable? Not the arm or cartridge, but the turntable itself? I would say it is to spin the record at a constant speed & keep the record free from undue vibration or noise generated by the room or the motor. If a turntable does these things, then I would say it's achieved it's goal."

So basically, we're on the same page.

And you also said:

"Since you have these three turntables, go ahead and rotate a single tonearm/cartridge combo to all three. I guarantee that with at least one of the turntables, you are going to say to yourself, "Gee this cartridge sounds like crap."
The cartridge is always the first piece to get blamed, but it's usually just a really bad resulting resonance between the various pieces that make up the turntable system."

Once again, I'm in agreement. My basic point was that the setup, system "harmony", and build quality & design of the product is of much more importance than whether it's a belt, DD, or idler. And spending a fortune on a turntable is fine if that's your bag. But truly fine performance is achievable on a good non-megabuck turntable through proper matching of tonearm/cartridge/turntable and by proper geometry and setup.

Cheers & happy spinning,
Bobbo :-)


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