I had one of the Garrard Zero-100 turntables. Linear tracking using a tone arm
with a parrallel arm to keep the cartridge aligned properly.  Many years later,
I found it out in the barn where my younger brother stored it. Kinda rusty by
then.

Francisco Ares wrote:

> Yes, that's it.  It was made to correct the tracking error, hence the
> original "recording stylus" moves in a straight line instead of a circle
> arc.  But the servo needed to drive the reading stylus induced even more
> errors since the angular error of the needle needed for a correction on
> the stylus was greater than the maximum error from a straight line of a
> traditional stylus.
>
> Francisco
>
> Howard McGinnis wrote:
>
> > At 09:04 PM 2/27/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >> (Peanut gallery: what's a linear turntable?)
> >
> >
> > I believe the linear refers to the way the stylus is moved across the
> > surface. Linear turntables moved the stylus in a straight path versus the
> > conventional pivoting arms.
> >
> >
> >
> > Howard McGinnis
> > Electronic Visions, Inc.
> > mcginnis@e-visions.com
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