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Post 21 \| New	Posted January 31st, 2011
Maindrian Anti-Hero Deluxe Joined: Feb '03 Posts: 2,501 Type: Moderator	Sob, I miss my old turntable. Doesn't make much difference really, since all my Queen records are warped. My copy of Double Fantasy by John Lennon is still in great nick though. Right now, I just use the computer for everything, with a tiny cd player for when I want music in bed. But, I have a nice hi-fi, still in its box. I just don't have anywhere to put it at the moment, or any desire to piss about putting it together. ------------------ Maindrian and Touge's videos of vague annoyance - Est. 2007

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Posted January 31st, 2011

Maindrian
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Sob, I miss my old turntable. Doesn't make much difference really, since all my Queen records are warped. My copy of Double Fantasy by John Lennon is still in great nick though.

Right now, I just use the computer for everything, with a tiny cd player for when I want music in bed. But, I have a nice hi-fi, still in its box. I just don't have anywhere to put it at the moment, or any desire to piss about putting it together.

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Maindrian and Touge's videos of vague annoyance - Est. 2007

Post 22 \| New	Posted January 31st, 2011
Fragdieb2 Avatar is missing! Joined: Mar '03 Posts: 1,784	ameer wrote: Direct drive turntable, do want! It's actually a belt-drive, the whole belt mechanism is hidden quite well under the turn-table though. ------------------ -temporary placeholder for a new cool signature-

Post 23 \| New	Posted February 2nd, 2011
ameer cunt smasher! Joined: Feb '03 Posts: 3,063	Oh that's crazy, I've never seen a belt driven turntable with the dotted patterns and light on the side, plus it's a Technics so I thought for sure it would be direct drive. I don't remember exactly what the dots and light are for, but isn't it about slowing down and reversing the record, which would be damaging to a belt driven turn table? I don't know- what are those things there for again? ------------------

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Posted February 2nd, 2011

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Oh that's crazy, I've never seen a belt driven turntable with the dotted patterns and light on the side, plus it's a Technics so I thought for sure it would be direct drive.

I don't remember exactly what the dots and light are for, but isn't it about slowing down and reversing the record, which would be damaging to a belt driven turn table? I don't know- what are those things there for again?

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Post 24 \| New	Posted February 2nd, 2011
Fragdieb2 Avatar is missing! Joined: Mar '03 Posts: 1,784	The dot pattern and the light are there to adjust the speed within a certain range so that it will be exactly 33 1/3 (or 45) rpm. There is a slider that adjust the speed of the motor, and you have found the correct speed when the dot pattern in front of the light appears to be standing still. The reason they added this is because the motor speed is synchronized using the AC frequency from the mains (50 Hz in Europe, 60 Hz for the US), but this frequency is not that precise. As the total adjustment in speed is in the range of +/- 3%, it doesn't really matter if it is belt driven or direct drive. If I'd try to scratch or stop the record with my hands on a belt drive, it would surely damage it though. ------------------ -temporary placeholder for a new cool signature-

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The dot pattern and the light are there to adjust the speed within a certain range so that it will be exactly 33 1/3 (or 45) rpm. There is a slider that adjust the speed of the motor, and you have found the correct speed when the dot pattern in front of the light appears to be standing still. The reason they added this is because the motor speed is synchronized using the AC frequency from the mains (50 Hz in Europe, 60 Hz for the US), but this frequency is not that precise.

As the total adjustment in speed is in the range of +/- 3%, it doesn't really matter if it is belt driven or direct drive. If I'd try to scratch or stop the record with my hands on a belt drive, it would surely damage it though.

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