Is Direct Drive Really Better?

Is butter a better lubricant than nubian maiden sweat? Or is that only on left handed tables, and is it true that if you take them below the equator that they spin the other way? Whoa, dude, that would be like CDs!

CDs actually spin the same direction as LPs they just play from the inside out. But when you think about it, wouldn't it have been better if records played from the inside out? It would make a tonearm lift unneeded. The arm would just fall off the record when it got to the end.

likely not. equal perhaps. the goldmund was dd but at what cost? somehow i dont think the 1200 is nearly a goldmund nor an SP10.

aka hifitommy.

unfortunately, this thread has turned into a joke as cwlondon predicted.

More like a series of jokes. Sort of like the turntable with the schtick shift. And I didn't get ole CW making a prediction. He came across to me as condescending, as if my question had no merit.
4yanx, as usual, provided a cogent observation. This time it was his comment about buzz. I have sensed for a while now that there is a definite revival of direct drive in the works and I was fishing with my question to see who, if anyone else, had the same sense. Seems like there are a few.