Hola,
I just saw an ad for the Clearaudio Reference turntable, and saw the display panel. The speed is listed as 33.3 RPM.
What the Hell?
Now, I don't know about you, but I can hear the difference between 33.3 and 33.2 or 33.4 RPM.
For that kind of loot, we should be getting more "3's."
Even the Continuum Caluburn only goes to 33.33 RPM. I went to their website and they actually listed "33" as one of the speeds. That's only two "3's!"
Would you accept copper that was only 99% or 99.9% pure? Of course not, we want 99.9999% pure!
I think that's why I like my old Gyrodec so much. It spins at 33 1/3 RPM, which is much more accurate than 33.3.
The other tables I've had that used speed controls all allowed for continuosly variable adjustment, so I could get 33.333 or even 33.3333 RPM, which is several more digits significant in the pursuit of the absolute sound. Of course, 33 1/3, well, that's an infinitely better speed. That's got "3's" out to infinity!
This yet another case of analog being superior to digital. Digital control can't do 33 1/3. It can only approximate 33 1/3, but analog, well, it's OK with 33 1/3.
I think Continuum and Clearaudio still have a ways to go to get those extra "3's." Then we'll talk.
To steal from a famous movie sage:
"Do you know what the man is saying? Do you? This is dialectics. It's very simple dialectics. Thirty-three and a third, no maybes, no supposes, no decimal points. You can't travel in space, you can't go out into space, you know, without, like, you know, without fractions. What are you going to land on, one place behind the decimal, three-points? What are you going to do when you go from here to Venus or something -- that's dialectic physics, OK? Dialectic RPM is there's only right and wrong, the speed is either right or it's wrong."
Hola,
I just saw an ad for the Clearaudio Reference turntable, and saw the display panel. The speed is listed as 33.3 RPM.
What the Hell?
Now, I don't know about you, but I can hear the difference between 33.3 and 33.2 or 33.4 RPM.
For that kind of loot, we should be getting more "3's."
Even the Continuum Caluburn only goes to 33.33 RPM. I went to their website and they actually listed "33" as one of the speeds. That's only two "3's!"
Would you accept copper that was only 99% or 99.9% pure? Of course not, we want 99.9999% pure!
I think that's why I like my old Gyrodec so much. It spins at 33 1/3 RPM, which is much more accurate than 33.3.
The other tables I've had that used speed controls all allowed for continuosly variable adjustment, so I could get 33.333 or even 33.3333 RPM, which is several more digits significant in the pursuit of the absolute sound. Of course, 33 1/3, well, that's an infinitely better speed. That's got "3's" out to infinity!
This yet another case of analog being superior to digital. Digital control can't do 33 1/3. It can only approximate 33 1/3, but analog, well, it's OK with 33 1/3.
I think Continuum and Clearaudio still have a ways to go to get those extra "3's." Then we'll talk.
To steal from a famous movie sage:
"Do you know what the man is saying? Do you? This is dialectics. It's very simple dialectics. Thirty-three and a third, no maybes, no supposes, no decimal points. You can't travel in space, you can't go out into space, you know, without, like, you know, without fractions. What are you going to land on, one place behind the decimal, three-points? What are you going to do when you go from here to Venus or something -- that's dialectic physics, OK? Dialectic RPM is there's only right and wrong, the speed is either right or it's wrong."