Robert, I have used highly modified RABCO arms to play records on modern Thorens belt drive turn tables since the early 70s.
What you are very clearly explaining here is correct but I quit trying to convince the true believers of the permanent damage they were inflicting on irreplaceable records. You are also correct in stating that the damage created by a properly setup DD machine is minimal when compared to all of the rest of the period machines. Your treatise on phonograph geometry and record damage should stir up some activity. I am picturing a young boy with a stick stuck far into a hornet nest stirring briskly while his brother looks on from a safe distance. Rich Robert Wright wrote: > Many times the pros and cons of playing shellac discs on wind-up > phonographs have been discussed here on this list. <BIG SNIP> > > I have never agreed with this. I'm a child of the 80's, and I remember > when CD's came out - <BIG SNIP> > > But then, we all know that no matter how die-hard a collector's > conviction is that no groove damage occurs from wind-up playback, it's > not often we see any of them playing Caruso Zonophones and the like on > their Vic VI's. > > Thoughts? Comments? Corrections? It has been quiet in here for a > while, indeed! > > > Best to All, > Robert
