How hard is it to change? —B.S., St. Paul, Minnesota A. The Sony PS-4300 is a direct drive turntable, so there is no belt to replace. If the platter does not turn the turntable needs to be repaired.

which is why the vast majority of high-end turntables are belt-drive designs. Their logic is simple enough: with belt-drive, the belt mechanically isolates the motor from the platter, so whatever ...