Turntable Evaluation - what do you need to know and how do you know it?

[PeterA]

I assure you this is not another one of your conspiracy theories.
It has a very simple answer so properly described by Ked.

thanks I saw the Settings. I understand now and what he did. No conspiracies. I wanted to be able to search his posts. Oh well.

 

[jeromelang]

 

[Solypsa]

Tim, those of us who can measure audio equipment aren’t interested in measuring turntables. No point, we are near instrument grade measurements now on DACs, and amplifiers if desired. Are we anywhere close to instrument grade measurements on turntables?

One way to look at it is that a turntable system is an instrument ( referring to your description of instrument grade ) for measuring the analog transcription on a vinyl record.