Aloha,
I've been playing with my motor orientation (... 
...) on my Michell turntable for nigh on 23 years, and still have a slight conundrum.
I use the motor mounted "front left" instead of "rear left" and think it sounds better that way, but I can't quite wrap my brain around some of the reasons I have heard for it.
Music Hall is fond of claiming that front left motor mounting is superior, saying of it:
Aloha,
I've been playing with my motor orientation (...
...) on my Michell turntable for nigh on 23 years, and still have a slight conundrum.
I use the motor mounted "front left" instead of "rear left" and think it sounds better that way, but I can't quite wrap my brain around some of the reasons I have heard for it.
Music Hall is fond of claiming that front left motor mounting is superior, saying of it: