I got that now from you too.
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What's your take on idlers versus belts.
I think most compares of drive types happen between tables of differing levels, i.e. Lesser belt vs better direct or vice versa.
Very few would have done a compare between kodo/nvs level directs and equivalent belts and idlers.
At David's, each TT has a very unique sound, though I am not sure if that is a drive type. He will know. But the Thorens reference and AS and techdas differ as much from each other as they do from EMT.
Comparing Pluto and Feickert firebird to Reed, Ron and I both found the Reed lagged a lot.
I have always liked the Schopper TD 124 though while it will be better than some expensive tables, there will be many expensive tables better than it.
If I had to choose on a budget, I will take an old restored idler like the schopper.
If I could go for more, I will almost certainly end up belt but would like to compare to either the Kodo or the NVS. Belt drives also have a lot of flavors at high quality.
So yes, I don't think I can hear a drive type, so I would rather go with the implementation. I also find all this torque etc theory quite distracting from identifying what sounds better and what doesn't.