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In Reply to: RE: I may be missing something here... posted by ffrr on August 15, 2007 at 05:34:38:
I understand that the diameter of the idler wheel does not affect the speed of the turntable. I also understand that as the O-ring on the pulley of the Verus motor wears its outer diameter will decrease thus changing the speed of the platter. The Verus controller box allows a person to change the frequency of the signal going to the motor. Thus, platter speed can be set using a strobe disk. (Since platters have different outer diameters some method had to be built-in to allow most users to use the Verus motor on their particular brand of turntable.) Once the speed is set via strobe disk you can change to 45rpm or 78 rpm with the flick of a switch. Granted once or twice a year you may want to get the strobe disk out and check to see if the speed is still accurate. Some people may find that a major inconvenience. Personally I would not. I have to use the speed control on my Garrard 401 to reset speed everytime I change from 33 1/3rd to 45 or from 45 back to 33 1/3rd. I find that more annoying, since I play 45 rpm LPs fairly frequently, than having to get out the strobe disk twice a year to check speed accuracy.
Am I missing something in your objection to having to compensate for the wear of the O-ring by having to get out a strobe disk twice a year? Heck, because of my audiophilia nervosa, I used to have to do that with my VPI TNT-5 with SDS.
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Follow Ups
- RE: I may be missing something here... - rgordonpf 06:42:14 08/15/07 (1)
- Yes, I was just trying to explain the "advantage" of using an idler wheel over ... - ffrr 00:48:08 08/16/07 (0)
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