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What parts of a TT create soundstage and PRAT ?

I don't know squat about turntables.

I'm trying to get a grasp of what pieces of a turntable are responsible for what.That way when I ask a question and get an answer by you good folks I won't draw blanks in my head when I get a reply.

Such as:

what part is responsible for PRAT?
What part is responsible for soundstage?
What is responsible for clarity?
And on and on and on.

Is there a book I can read?
Is there a magazine article that describes all this?

Try and fill in this blank piece of paper for me.
tweakster
inna
5,245 posts
 
Bible would do nicely on ocassion.
inna
5,245 posts
 
Sorry,I meant on occasion.
pbb
1,135 posts
 
I like it! First you start with subjective expressions without very clear meaning and then you try to correlate them with something physical on, of all things, a turntable! Great day in the morning! Will wonders ever cease? Folks firmly believe you can't even correlate some known phenomena with numbers and now you want to by-pass all that and juxtapose expressions used loosely by audiophiles to what is used in building the equipment? It's all magic, pixie dust and snake oil! Everything counts: good motor, good platter design, good platter bearing, good suspension, good coupling of the vinyl record to the platter, good arm geometry, good arm mass, good arm bearings, good cartridge working into the proper load, good preamp with flawless RIAA compensation, proper clean and undamaged stylus and, above all else, proper set-up.
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