Sound Off!

摘要

While we all know that there is a healthy demand for turntables, why is it that the vast majority on sale today are belt drive? To put it another way, why are there so few direct-drive decks on the market, except those models from the Japanese brands, Cambridge Audio in Europe and decks like the HW-40 Anniversary [HFN Apr '19] from US company VPI? Am I right in thinking that a belt-drive turntable is a lot easier to build and less expensive to manufacture than a direct-drive model? After all, you just need a suitable motor and a platter. A direct-drive turntable, on the other hand, requires a far more sophisticated motor, which can only be built by a larger manufacturer with precision tools.