Knowing what tim sheridhan put into the system 111 as a young inspired designer who had years of knowledge of motor controlling and working with Nasa, and the medical industry, created a scientfic body who determined international standards on speed rotation, the Rockport turntable could just not be created again. Just looking in the motor controlling box sends shivers down my spine of what actually went into it was a technological marvel. Andy was very fortunate to have met tim and they created a great partnership and at the time andy was prepared to take a basic margin and have no dealer network hence why it had a low price which sounded high in 1997. The cost of the motor alone today is totally insane today. Tim actually took very little financial reward for the design as did andy hence why no one would ever wish to go that way again far easier to purchase a large papst of maxon motor and create a simple controller and power supply. Which no doubt can sound interesting in its own right.
While there are some great turntables today and far simpler to execute with superb engineering on a sheer level of insanity when I have show the Rockport engineered solution to any advanced areospace engineers and a someone who is involved large scale rocket launching projects say it was a exceptionally well engineered beyond what you would expect in audio but hideously expensive. When one sees the way the audio industry has to work today it would be totally uneconomic and crazy to produce and support. One could even arue it is not nessasary to go to such extremes to produce a turntable that sound wonderful but it remains a marvel and never to be reproduced ever again. One would have to really study the Rockport to understand to actually what went into this totally outlandish yet elegant solution. I suspect many owners have began to understand what lies within the design, and its complexity as while complex is very simple to set but does still require dedication.
While there are some great turntables today and far simpler to execute with superb engineering on a sheer level of insanity when I have show the Rockport engineered solution to any advanced areospace engineers and a someone who is involved large scale rocket launching projects say it was a exceptionally well engineered beyond what you would expect in audio but hideously expensive. When one sees the way the audio industry has to work today it would be totally uneconomic and crazy to produce and support. One could even arue it is not nessasary to go to such extremes to produce a turntable that sound wonderful but it remains a marvel and never to be reproduced ever again. One would have to really study the Rockport to understand to actually what went into this totally outlandish yet elegant solution. I suspect many owners have began to understand what lies within the design, and its complexity as while complex is very simple to set but does still require dedication.
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