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Old 12th Dec 2018, 5:14 pm   #1
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Default Nice Way To Measure Turntable Speed

Up till now I have used strobe discs when checking turntable speed, I know some have other methods involving frequency counters..

Watching the latest Shango066 video on youtube, I noticed he has a far better way of doing this.

He stuck his android phone on the platter, started the deck, and low and behold, an app using the gyroscope in the phone gave a precise RPM readout

Not sure what the android version is called, but there is an iphone one called "RPM".

Apologies if this is a known thing, it impressed me and my strobe disc shall now be banished.

One word of warning though, make sure you have a decent rubber mat on the turntable. Sitting it on the metal platter your phone will flung away, at least at 78rpm anyway .
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