Somebody at turntablelab.com wrote:
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> Why you should buy a 1200 before anything else.
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> Direct Drive vs. Belt Drive. The 1200 runs on a magnetically
> powered engine. Basically, the engine is driven by magnets.
> Since it is a non-mechanical drive, this is the feature
note: i realize this was not written by an IDM lister.
but as a mechanical engineer, i have to ask wtf? first of all,
motors are powered by electrical energy, not magnets. they use
electromagnetic forces to generate mechanical motion. they are
indeed mechanical!
quoted 7 lines In many cases, on inferior turntables, the pitch control> In many cases, on inferior turntables, the pitch control
> will loose it's accuracy quite easily. For example, you put
> the lever at +2, but it plays at +3. In some case, I have
> even seen inferior turntables play the "0" position
> inaccurately. This is very critical for beat matching. In
> order to match beats you need to have precise speed
> functions.
because the range and zero of the pitch adjust slider are
adjusted by potentiometers, even a 1200 can lose accuracy.
fortunately it's possible to open it up and tweak the settings
(one has to remove a lot of screws to get at the pot that
adjusts zero, but it's certainly better than having 2 zeros!)
quoted 2 lines 5) THE SOUND Unless you're a super-audiophile, the 1200 is> 5) THE SOUND Unless you're a super-audiophile, the 1200 is
> as good as it gets.
i would tend to argue this. since the motor shaft in a 1200 is
directly connected to the platter, motor vibrations are picked
up by the cartridge as noise. belt drive units generally sound
better because the belt dampens some of those vibrations.
another thing to keep in mind is that 1200s have no auto-return
feature. so if you tend to put on ambient records late at night
and pass out while they're playing, the needle will sit in the
run-out groove all night long. not that i've ever done that :)
phase
np: visor (tom)
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