"Bob Latham" wrote

Perhaps they decided that all R&D improvements would only be on next years
model and people who purchased this year's, would go without.


Have there been any improvements in turntable design over the last 30 years?
It seems to me that current models are all firmly based on designs available
in the 1970s. All three of the currently available drive arrangements:
idler-wheel drive, belt drive and direct drive date from the 1970s or
before, electronic speed control was introduced in the 1970s. Modern
turntables work no better than those of the 1970s, nor has the LP changed in
that time.

So if the turntable manufacturers *are* doing R&D it can only be in terms of
manufacturing methods aimed at reducing production costs.

David.