Belt drive is quieter than direct-drive, which is why there are no high-end direct-drive tables (and high-end tables often go to great lengths to move the motor away from the cartridge). Also, wannabe Fatboy Slims should stay away from this and all other belt-drive tables - pretty sure all DJ tables are direct-drive.
What's wrong with using the line out on your amp all of a sudden? Do people really want to go out and buy a whole new record deck with a USB connection instead?
nothing, if you've got RCA phono-to-.125" phone cabling, and your PC is near your amp. i think these products from ion and sony are for people who don't have a working turntable anymore, or the folks whose VCR is still flashing "00:00".
Logitech Harmony ONE Advanced Universal Remote
Logitech Harmony 1100 Remote Control
Logitech Harmony 700 Universal Remote (LCD, 6 Devices)
Logitech Harmony 900 Universal Remote (LCD Touch Screen, Macro Control, 15 Devices)
Panasonic DMW-BCG10 Replacement Battery
Sony drives at Ion with own-brand USB turntable
David Corbett
Watch out... #
Posted Thursday 28th February 2008 16:51 GMT
It looks like Sony have finally figured out a way to get a rootkit onto an LP!
Next: DRM for C90's
Anonymous Coward
Marketing departments eh #
Posted Friday 29th February 2008 08:50 GMT
"has built-in a belt drive system to reduce, it claimed, the turntable’s motor noise."
Which is also of course cheaper than direct-drive...
"Spin" me around...
Tim Bates
Damn! Someone beat me to it. #
Posted Friday 29th February 2008 08:50 GMT
I was going to wonder about DRM given the Sony software supplied.
Why on earth would anyone pay a Sony premium for a device that Sony basically declared dead almost 2 decades ago?
Anonymous Coward
Belt Drive #
Posted Friday 29th February 2008 18:52 GMT
Belt drive is quieter than direct-drive, which is why there are no high-end direct-drive tables (and high-end tables often go to great lengths to move the motor away from the cartridge). Also, wannabe Fatboy Slims should stay away from this and all other belt-drive tables - pretty sure all DJ tables are direct-drive.
-Audiophile dork
Iain
Current deck plus amp line out = win #
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 14:32 GMT
What's wrong with using the line out on your amp all of a sudden? Do people really want to go out and buy a whole new record deck with a USB connection instead?
I just don't get it.
Anonymous Coward
what's wrong with line out? #
Posted Monday 3rd March 2008 20:35 GMT
nothing, if you've got RCA phono-to-.125" phone cabling, and your PC is near your amp. i think these products from ion and sony are for people who don't have a working turntable anymore, or the folks whose VCR is still flashing "00:00".