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Musical Fidelity M8xTT Turntable – Quick Look All Image Credit: Musical Fidelity Musical Fidelities’ latest turntable, the M8xTT, started its legacy back in the early 2000’s with the introduction of the M1 turntable. This latest belt drive model features a bespoke 10 inch arm and a multi-layered plinth. The M8xTT […]

Musical Fidelity M8xTT Turntable – Quick Look

September 26, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Belt Drive / M8xTT / Musical Fidelity / Transparent / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Rega Naia Reference Turntable – Preview All Image Credit: Rega Rega has just released its latest reference turntable, the Naia. It is said to combine all the key learnings, developments and technologies from their flagship conceptual £30,000 Naiad turntable into this new, more affordable, reference-level model. It has been created […]

Rega Naia Reference Turntable – Preview

September 23, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Belt Drive / Naia / Rega / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Origin Live Adds Swift Mk5 Turntable – First Look All Image Credit: Origin Live On or about May 1st 2023, Origin Live of Southampton, UK, announced a new addition to their turntable range, the Swift Mk5. It includes several features from their flagship Voyager turntable and fills the price point […]

Origin Live Adds Swift Mk5 Turntable – First Look

June 3, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Belt Drive / Origin Live / Swift / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Rega Planar 3 50th Anniversary Edition – Preview All Image Credit: Rega Rega is celebrating their 50th Anniversary with a special edition of the legendary Rega Planar 3. Presented in the popular walnut effect finish, this turntable package comes with; a 12mm float glass Opti-white platter, a hand tuned Neo […]

Rega Planar 3 50th Anniversary Edition – Preview

May 11, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 50th Anniversary / Belt Drive / Planar 3 / RB330 / Rega / Rega Exact / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Luxman PD-191A Turntable – First Look All Image Credit: Luxman Luxman has just launched their latest flagship belt drive PD-191A turntable that is to be displayed at AXPONA 23 next week. The PD-191A is a complete redesign of the ten year old PD-171. This revised design incorporates; a new belt […]

Luxman PD-191A Turntable – First Look

April 8, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Belt Drive / Luxman / PD-191A / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Dual CS 429 – Automatic Turntable With Phono Preamp – Quicklook All Image Credit: Dual Dual started manufacturing gramophone components in Germany in 1907, introducing their signature “dual-motor” for powering record players in 1927. The design was so popular that the company took the name “Dual”. They are still based […]

Dual CS 429 – Automatic Turntable With Phono Preamp – Quicklook

August 25, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Automatic / Belt Drive / CS 429 / Dual / Phono Pre-Amp / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Turntable Motor Noise and Vibration In my earlier post on turntable designs we took a look at the different drive techniques used to spin the platter. Lets take a slightly more detailed look at the effects of the motor design that is used to drive the more popular belt drive […]

Turntable Motor Noise and Vibration

April 11, 2020 in Technical Posts tagged AC Synchronous Motor / Belt Drive / DC Motor / Motor Noise / Servo Control / Turntables by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Turntable Drive Techniques — Vinyl Turntable Drive Techniques Over the years there have been several motor coupling techniques used to rotate the turntable platter. This is a brief overview of each method along with their advantages and disadvantages. There are three basic types of motor drive, the second two of which have various methods […]

Vinyl Turntable Drive Techniques

November 2, 2019 in Audio tagged Belt Drive / Direct Drive / Idler Drive / Rim Drive / Turntables by fromvinyltoplastic