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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Benny-Digital" data-source="post: 835630" data-attributes="member: 5654">What is "Quartz" or "Quartz Lock?"The Quartz Lock system is a very accurate method of controlling the rotational speed of the turntable's platter. It works by generating a reference frequency via the oscillation of a quartz crystal. As the platter rotates, it creates a frequency of its own via a frequency generation coil. The turntable's control system compares the reference frequency to the generated frequency and adjusts the speed of the platter to keep them matched. If you were to remove this system, the turntable would have no method of monitoring the platter's speed and would therefore rotate erratically, if at all.</blockquote>

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