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it's an easy comparison ...

>>Having a slightly stronger motor with a bit of additional drag, as Chris points out, will swamp out some of the tendency for the belt to stretch, in the sense that you are already running the belt at the limits of its elasticity (well, I am exaggerating a bit, but I'm sure you understand).<<

Like everything,, a balancing act is required. A stronger motor and additional torque may cause additional noise/vibration. IME - thats never a good thing with turntables.

I have played with a variety of belts. I can tell you that in my experience, the best belt was neither the stiffest nor did it run close to its stretch limit.

As I have stated in the past, if your worried about the amount of speed instability inherited within a particular TT, simply compare it to a very good digital front end.

TB1

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