Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > I know most of you will think this high price stuff is a joke, and at > this price (and actually, looking at the design as a person who used > to design high end turntables >30 years ago, this particular item is a > victory for marketing). The most important engineering aspects for a > turntable to work well are not addressed in this design, more a > styling/marketing exercise (IMHO). > It is actually extremely high tech to produce a device to transduce > records without adding some, or a lot, of non signal related > vibrations ends up being added to the output by the machine. A record > playing device which works well is likely to cost several orders on > magnitude more than any CD player, and is probably not worth it........ > The device I have measured and listened to which is the most accurate, > the Goldmund Reference was very expensive (not as much as this thing > though) and made in tiny quantities. > > There is a very expensive turntable system which, based on my > knowledge, probably is the most accurate one available. It cleverly > addresses all the important requirements I know of. I have never seen > or listened to one. > > http://www.continuumaudiolabs.com/ > > but not as pretty. > FWIW, > Frank Frank I'm still listening my vinyl records in a Linn Sondek LP12 with a Link arm and a Ortofon MC3000 moving coil capsule and this equipment has really, I think, more than thirty years. I only, myself, touch the records so they are clean and intact. I love this sound however due to my age I'm loosing my sound perceptivity. This is the same spirit of Leica gear. And...the sdame efficiency. Regards Felix