"Keith G" wrote

Try to get to hear an idler wheel deck if you haven't already: the bass
will beat both direct and belt drive for impact ('spank') and tightness
and you will hear far more clear detail in it - sticks on cymbals, wooden
percussion instruments, rimshots etc.


As I remember it idler-wheel decks (which used to be the standard
arrangement, remember the SP25?) went out of favour because of the rumble.
Belt-drives were so much quieter.

The fascinating thing is that your eulogy over idler-wheel decks matches the
hype said about the (belt driven) Linn. So what can an observer make of all
these claims and counter claims? My considered opinion is that belief is a
very powerful thing!

David.