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RE: +1 MQA Smoke and Mirrors - Exactly right - nt

Remember off-center record holes? Neither do I, but Nakamichi came up with a cure. Here from Positive Feedback review:
"current belt drive turntables have flutter and wow of less than .1% and current direct drive turntables have flutter and wow of less than .05%. The inexpensive ($399 street) Technics SL1200 has published flutter and wow of .035%. So let us be generous. Let us say that your new $30,000 turntable has flutter and wow of only .015%—an incredibly low number. Now you put your audiophile approved $40 LP (with the spindle hole being .25mm off center) on your new turntable. Per Dr. Green's figures above, your flutter and wow just went up to .345% (.015% from the turntable and .33% from the off centered spindle hole). The manufacturer of your turntable just spent $1 million in research and development to bring the flutter and wow down to an incredibly low .015% and you just paid a portion of that R & D with your purchase. My question to you and the manufacturer is: Who cares if flutter and wow of the turntable is .015%? What is important is not the flutter and wow of the turntable by itself, but the flutter and wow of the turntable and LP combined. If the flutter and wow of the turntable was .05% that would mean the flutter and wow of the turntable with the LP would be .380% (.05% + .33%). Audibly, .380% is not much different from .345%. The difference between .380% and .345% may not even be audible because the .035% difference is being swamped by the .33% LP wow."


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