TURNTABLE DRIVING SYSTEMS
It is essential that the mechanical driving systems of disc-playing equipment should be accurately made, especially with stereophonic equipment. Rotation of the turntable must be extremely steady. These requirements must necessarily be very severe if the mechanical system is to match the performance expected from the acoustical and electronic equipment.
In a high-quality installation, in which the loudspeaker is separate from the main chassis, the system can be mounted solidly to the motor board, and the motor board itself floated on rubber to ensure that no mechanical vibration is transmitted to the cabinet.
An unsuitable system can spoil the loudspeaker output in three objectionable ways : wow, flutter and rumble. ...
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