Sounds like a good thing that you don’t listen to vinyl much.
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Any speed variation numbers available to reflect the significance of the under speed condition?
Not sure what you mean by this. I’m simply letting you guys know an factual observation I had. People have issues with facts they don’t like these days.
Sorry I don’t remember. This was back in 2020. I did the project because I got promoted to lead an embedded software team, and not having done anything embedded before I decided to do this so I can walk the walk so to speak. I was pretty happy with the P10, and knowing this doesn’t change that. I am however curious on performance of a more accurate closed loop speed control turntable.
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What I meant was that your sensitivity to the speed deviations was so high that it caused you to sell your turntable. My guess is that most people couldn’t hear the effects of the braking torque. But that’s just a wild guess on my part.
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I don’t think so either. But this discovery jog my memory, if you watch Mike Fremer video of Rega factory tour, Rega was trying to do this close loop control themselves. One of the segment shows they attempted to cut groove in the platter to measure realtime speed. But Roy was saying they weren’t happy with something and did not pursue it. Rega philosophy is precision and simplicity so I get it, and respect it.
Sota is impressive regarding turntable speed controller technology.
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Have we decided if Regas are okay or are we stuck on just Technics? I have an old JVC direct drive with a SME Tonearm and a 2M Black Ortofon cartridge. That was the turntable I stored for years and when I took it out of storage I ended up where I am now in 6 years. I wonder what would have happened had I left in storage?
When I first starting listening to CDs in 1984 I was convinced they did immediate damage to your brain that would allow you to believe that yes, this sounds better. (It really didn’t sound better back when there were like three CD players to choose from) Then one day I put on a record and dang, it caught my attention. I decided to build an LP only system and now I am fussy about Ethernet cables. Damn.
Pay no attention to the Carver Sonic Holography Processor. I was into Sonic Holography for years. It is a predecessor of BACCH which was lots of fun for me.
I bought a second one that had a Grace Tonearm on it. But I gave it to a friend’s daughter who was getting into vinyl. Nobody uses it now so maybe I will get it back.
It does that phase lock loop stuff.
Turntables, they all sound exactly the same.
This was in the middle. The DAC on top was when I first started down the slippery slope:
Akai AM-2800 with matching tuner. *Ebay
Soon this happened:
An RP10, a Rega Illicit R Integrated, and a Sutherland phono preamp. ADS L710 speakers I bought in my early twenties.
The PS Audio DSD Jr. The last DAC I ever needed to buy. If I am at home it is the DAC I listen to the most. To this day.
Then this happened:
October 26, 2018.
That is a PS Audio NuWave Phono unit. I still have it. Haven’t turned it on in forever.
Oh yeah, cables became a thing.
I jumped on this forum in 2019 I believe. Soon after I met @minnesotafats . That started the arms race between us. He has elevated it to buying old churches in different states with plans to convert them into perfect audio rooms.
As a hemp user I am much to lazy to do that. I sit back, listen to music, and dream of a very special Pole Barn.
But that would require a lottery win.
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So all started from a direct drive old TT? A nice and fast journey I can perfectly understand because I had a very similar starting point in 2020 during lockdown.
How life is strange and wonderful!
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Great story, you have come a long way my friend. Pole, barn, now that’s a thought….
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Good story, I just bid a Pole Barn project for the AG Dept Beltsville, MD.
I am going to get the Naia, I like the tech behind it and since I used to be in the business I am getting it at a price that I wont loose out 
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I am envious!
At Axpona I asked one M. Fremer what turntable to buy in the $20K range, and without hesitation he said Naia.
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Are you buying one to supplement your Linn?
I once had three turntables hooked up and ready to play. Now I have two, the Linn and an old Thorens 124 in a box in a closet.
One day it occurred to me how silly multiple TTs were. What was I hearing? The TT itself or the arm or the cartridge or the wiring or setup, etc?
The Linn makes me happy.
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Having one at each location makes me happy. Adding yet another seems silly. The Rega Naia is clearly a contender. My concern with the Naia is two fold. First, the manner in which it was presented in it’s USA roll-out at Axpona, abysmal IMO, and second, my local dealers are rather dubious. Some day I may reconsider, but the two that stand out that I do not own are an AMG V12, or a Kuzma Stabi Reference 2 with a Four Point tonearm.
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The issue at Axpona was just one guy at their display who seemed to have emotional problems. I wouldn’t let his adolescent arrogance stop me.
He is Rega USA, as the previous rep is retiring. We differ on this, as I look at this as more than buying hardware, but as an audio relationship. So the dealer and the brand rep weighs into my decision, possibly more than most. Had the local dealer(s) been easier to work with I’d have a Naia.
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I agree, personalitys can effect decision making and that is why I will never buy any SR products. I did not see the debut at Axpona but I did meet the US representative out of Canada at the event I went to last week at my dealer Dr Vinyl. He was very cordial and accommodating.
The set up used the Naia with the new top of line cartridge, they did a demo adjusting the cartridge from Baerwald to Uni-din and was obvious the difference in sound. Dr Vinyl is beliver in Uni-din, Im not sure I think I like the sound of the other setting better.
You are fortunate.
Did your dealer set-up the Naia at your home, as Rega recommends?
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What I like about the Naia is its utter simplicity in execution, unlike my VPI.
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