1. -Can't remeber well enough my physics from school, but Torque is all to do with force if I recall right? Google it and learn more.
2. Wow and Flutter inidcates how much variation there is around the pitch
Wow: Slow varying pitch changes
Flutter: Rapid speed changes (High freq modulation of the record)
3. What? Stick to techniques if you can afford them.

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Originally posted by skot_e 1. -Can't remeber well enough my physics from school, but Torque is all to do with force if I recall right? Google it and learn more. 2. Wow and Flutter inidcates how much variation there is around the pitch Wow: Slow varying pitch changes Flutter: Rapid speed changes (High freq modulation of the record) 3. What? Stick to techniques if you can afford them.

torque has to do with rotational force but has more to do with rotation than force. if that makes any sense...

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A nice way to think of torque is the classic wrench example. When your tightening a bolt with a wrench, it'd require less force if you were to hold it from further out in the handle, rather from near its head. This is due to torque. Similarly, opening a door by its handle would require a smaller force than opening the same door by its hinges.

torque = (f)d

where force is the perpendicular force to the circular motion, and d is the distance of the force to the centre of the circular motion. The greater the force and distance, the greater the torque. Though this doesn't relate to your question at all, its what torque is.

haha, no but relating this to TTs and cars, is that torque is a way of measuring the force with which a circular object spins (ala car tires or a TT platter). The greater the torque, the greater its force and spin. So getting a TT with a high torque simply means it has a greater pull than one with less torque. They measure the torque, by seeing how much rotational force at a certain d the motor is appying. so pretty much, relatively speaking, those values of torque that they give you, are very arbitrary and useless. only good for comparison. id go for the mk2s or 150s.