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  2. Phonograph - Wikipedia

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    In a belt-drive turntable the motor is located off-center from the platter, either underneath it or entirely outside of it, and is connected to the platter or counter-platter by a drive belt made from elastomeric material. The direct-drive turntable was invented by Shuichi Obata, an engineer at Matsushita (now Panasonic). [61]

  3. Turntablism - Wikipedia

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    Turntablism has origins in the invention of direct-drive turntables.Early belt-drive turntables were unsuitable for turntablism, since they had a slow start-up time, and they were prone to wear-and-tear and breakage, [9] as the belt would break from backspinning or scratching. [10]

  4. Technics (brand) - Wikipedia

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    Technics (テクニクス, Tekunikusu) is a Japanese audio brand established by Matsushita Electric (now Panasonic) in 1965.Since 1965, Matsushita has produced a variety of HiFi and other audio products under the brand name, such as turntables, amplifiers, radio receivers, tape recorders, CD players, loudspeakers, and digital pianos.

  5. Direct-drive turntable - Wikipedia

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    In a direct-drive turntable the motor is located directly under the center of the platter and is connected to the platter directly. It is a significant advancement over older belt-drive turntables for turntablism, since they have a slower start-up time and torque, and are prone to wear-and-tear and breakage, [5] as the belt would break from backspinning or scratching. [6]

  6. Technics SL-1200 - Wikipedia

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    Technics SL-1200 [1] is a series of direct-drive turntables originally manufactured from October 1972 until 2010, and resumed in 2016, by Matsushita Electric (now Panasonic Corporation) under the brand name of Technics.

  7. Electronic music - Wikipedia

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    Early belt-drive turntables were unsuitable for turntablism, since they had a slow start-up time, and they were prone to wear-and-tear and breakage, as the belt would break from backspin or scratching. [128] The first direct-drive turntable was invented by Shuichi Obata, an engineer at Matsushita (now Panasonic), [129] based in Osaka, Japan.

  8. Things Boomers Took for Granted That are Obsolete Now

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    Alarm Clocks. 725-2008 Prior to the year 725, no one was ever on time for anything. But that year in China, Yi Xing invented the first known alarm clock, and the descendants of his contraption ...

  9. List of phonograph manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    An advertisement for Edison New Standard Phonograph, 1898 An advertisement for the Columbia Grafonola. This is a list of phonograph manufacturers.The phonograph, in its later forms also called a gramophone, record player or turntable, is a device introduced in 1877 for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound.