[BC] Achieving good S/N

[Robert Meuser]

I had some experience with the EMT.  Over engeered for what it needed to 
do. That solinoid controlled second platter could have been coupled with 
a really quiet belt driven main platter but for some strange reason it 
wasn't designed that way.

R


DHultsman5 at aol.com wrote:

> 
>In a message dated 12/30/05 8:04:03 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
>Robertm at broadcast.net writes:
>
>I think  Dave was referring to the Prestos. They were actually designed for 
>disc  
>cutting. They had a separate motor  for each speed. They could hit  full 
>speed in 
>under 1/16 th of a turn and had enough torque to break your  arm. They also 
>had a 
>lot of rumble.  Some were equipped with two tone  arms if 78 was one of the 
>speeds. There was also an eq  selector.
>
>R
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>Speaking of turntables....does anyone have any experience with the EMT-930  
>Turnables?
>I bought two for WRR-FM hoping to have fewer problems with rumble and  noise. 
> They also had rumble problems.  I ended up moving them to  regular 
>production since they had solenoid controlled slip cueing.  We went  back to the Cheap  
>Fairchild rim Belt drive 12 inch for lower rumble on  classical music.
> 
>The EMT's for classical music were on of the most expensive mistakes I  made, 
> had more rumble than our Thoren's consumer and the Fairchild  professional 
>belt drive.
> 
>Dave Hultsman 
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