My experience with coreless motor is not limited to just the Pioneer as I have several turntables here that exhibit this silky smooth quality. The Pioneer is better to illustrate the distinctive quality of coreless motors even in an inexpensive model. I believe the later Pioneer models, the "L2" series of turntable, such as PL-50L and PL-70L all converted L2 to use coreless motor with the same specs, all employing their trademark feature "Stable Hanging Rotor" SHR, basically a fancy way of saying an inverted bearing. Anyway, I realize many top or almost top of the line models from various brands used coreless motors such as Kenwood L-07D, Sony PS-X9, JVC TT101, Yamaha GT-2000, PX-1, Pioneer PL-70LII, Sansui XP-99, et al. I owned neither so obviously I am drooling here. I am not saying only coreless motors are good. It's just that whenever I detect this kind of smooth sound, invariably it's a turntable with a coreless motor. JVC have some core motor tables approach the smoothness I crave for - I haven't listened to my SP10 for a while now. That's why I reserve the core motored tables for tape-driving purpose as the tape smooths out the tiny bit of cogging or whatever you call it for the passive platter.
Raul, I admire your forward thinking. Keep up the good fight. Yes, sometimes audiophiles got what they deserve, un-innovative products.
Raul, I admire your forward thinking. Keep up the good fight. Yes, sometimes audiophiles got what they deserve, un-innovative products.