Vinyl Technology Roundtable Featuring Michael Fremer 

Glad we have affirmation that cogging does exist in direct-drive systems... and it's both measurable and audible. The truth of the matter is (what many of us have known for years) each drive type has positives and negatives. Each is best in its *own way* so pick a table that works best for you and your budget and start spinning some vinyl. Your ears and heart will thank you for it. Thanks for posting this very interesting discussion.

What a great session. Thank you guys. You made me seriously think about leaving my current job, learn more about vinyl and turntables and go pro.

Thank you that was highly entertaining. Looks like I am going to have to start saving again, my gear is clearly dated! 😂

Long live vinyl and long live the vintage revolution:)

Micro Seiki CF-1 used carbon fibre for its arm-tube. I believe it was manufactured in 1979 - 1984. Mine still sounds lovely.

What is this affordable Tonearm???

You are improving everything around vinyl, how about improving the vinyl.

Always thought it was crazy how you can hear the recording space in the groves, like the hotel girl in The Wall. “ wanna take a bath”

Arrgh! 20nm scale? Do you maniacs realize the mess my head made when it exploded??? The neighbor lady two houses down is staring daggers in my direction! 😳😳😳🤯🤯🤯

I'd like to see a feature in a turntable as was done on the Nakamichi models, which would spin the record, then automatically adjust the center of the record so that there would be no wow and flutter on off-center pressed discs. None of the audiophile expensive units do this. Your $100K turntable with the $40K tonearm and $25K cartridge will sound like crap if the record you play is pressed off center.

Great discussion by an interesting group. I'm wondering though, most of what's discussed is at the upper end of the market and matters to a small group of customers(enthusiasts). Like a lot of state-of-the-art tech, it eventually filters down to affordable, mainstream priced products. But, will there be a market for any of this? Right now, a lot of younger audio customers like vintage products because of some hip cool factor and more likely don't care about the kind of quality this roundtable is discussing. No one is taught much math and science in school anymore and the audio market is being driven by influencers and just about any no nothing person on RU-vid who decides to assemble a web channel and prattle on about a subject he's interested in but doesn't really know much about.

What about mofi super ultra analog vynal,were are they.

Watched the original video..this is a great video. My question is ..why shouldn’t a tt match the precision of the lathe/ cutting head that makes the master disk 🤔 Seems logical that if you’re getting “more out of the grove”..how was that possible given the manufacturers systems ….🧐 Dint get me wrong Vinyl is amazing..but you have to wonder 💭 HOW.

THROW IT AT THE WALL AND SEE IF IT STICKS. Time to move to the next level.

hu ? i could swear i saw this last week ... did i trevel in time ?

Master Fremer heading the Jedi Council.

Lol i wonder why did you just post this when the one in tracking angle RU-vid is posted a long time ago

Why has this video been uploaded again?

I'll save you an hour. Yes

A $100 DAC beats any turntable on the planet Analog is obsolete

Aging men and their need for spinning audio media. I'm 70 yo and don't miss 45's, LPs, CDs, SACDs etc. Streaming is not as great as analog yet, but someday it will. All that stuff in the grooves will be available on digital someday. DACs are improving every year. Good bye spinning objects, I'll never miss the ritual of cleaning an LP and needle.

Fremer is the biggest gaslighter in audio. Vinyl sucks!