Let's just conclude that if everything rattles about and rings like buggery...
...it'll sound like sh*te .
...it'll sound like sh*te .
Stupid question: What's the difference...
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Just to drop a lion in amongst the pigeons, but differences in turntables can be heard on headphones.
Of course they can . With a competently designed turntable in sensible domestic listening conditions "acoustic feedback" is not a significant artefact.
..and to bring this saga full circle .
The accepted wisdom in the old days was that floating sub-chassis turntables were a good idea and often performed well because they better resisted acoustic feedback.
The more important performance feature of a floating sub-chassis is, in fact, that it helps a belt drive turntable to revolve consistently at the right speed !
How does it do this?The more important performance feature of a floating sub-chassis is, in fact, that it helps a belt drive turntable to revolve consistently at the right speed !
Personally I hate floating t/ts just because they make me nervous - all that bouncing around. I prefer mass and damping to achieve the same thing, purely from a stylus safety perspective - nothing to do with SQ
No it doesn't.The more important performance feature of a floating sub-chassis is, in fact, that it helps a belt drive turntable to revolve consistently at the right speed !
Exactly, and that's what many direct drive turntables used to do. They were microphonic as a result of the lack of suspension and suffered from acoustic feedback if the speakers were close by as a result of that. Even if there was no actual howl round the sound would be impaired as a result.
I owe you an apology. I should have said microphony of the deck causes acoustic feedback.
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