(Well Tempered) Tonearms?
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mjw
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I have a GTA and my mate has the Versalex. His certainly looks more ‘furniture’, especially now he’s had a bespoke cover made. My GTA is post-industrial chic and I still use the fold-up cardboard cover that came with it.
What we’d both agree on is that the stripped back design seems to allow through the quality and sound of a cartridge seemingly incongruous to the value of the t/table. I use a Koetsu Rosewood Sig and he uses a Proteus, both getting the ride of their life (as it claims in the advertising blurb).
What we’d both agree on is that the stripped back design seems to allow through the quality and sound of a cartridge seemingly incongruous to the value of the t/table. I use a Koetsu Rosewood Sig and he uses a Proteus, both getting the ride of their life (as it claims in the advertising blurb).
Snufkin
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As I understand it there is not much difference in sonic qualities but I suspect the Versalex is cheaper to make as it seems to be a slab of ply with veneer on top. The Amadeus is a machined (I assume) chunk of aluminum bonded to a sheet of perspex. The top plate of the Amadeus is cut so that some of the platter is concealed within the top section; on the Versalex you see the entire platter. Both turntables seem to allow you to get a great deal out of whatever cartridge you use with them.
Jonathan
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i've given some thought to the cover thing and decided the best solution would be a wall mounted hinge .. no mechnical contact with the table but will protect it during use - alternately one could cover it with plastic wrap to keep the dust off when not in use - wouldn't be pretty but it would work
Jonathan
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you're not having 'acoustical issues' with the TT in that corner niche?? bad vibes like to hang out in the corners typically - have you tried other locations in the room?
BLACKMASS
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MVV
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No and yes I really should have a faf. It is there cos the floor is solid whereas the rest is suspended above a 2 foot void. In my Linn LP12/Naim madness years I spent tens of thousands failing to get it to work. It would be funny if the answer was moving the location of the turntable!
Jonathan
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well FLOOR structure is just one tiny aspect ... personally i'd rather WALL mount in the best sounding location - I would be pretty skeptical about the possibility of the corner being the best sounding spot - since the corners of the room tend to collect all the really nasty energy in a room (not talking psychic energy here 
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yeti42
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If WT came up with a cover they’d sell a lot more tables, a lift off one would be enough but it needs to locate onto the deck given the size of it.
Talking of size, Pear Audio have a Royale 400 they’re floating round their dealers, it rather puts the Versalex in the shade
I’ve heard this a couple of times when it visited a Reading dealers, 400 is the length of the arm in mm, it looks very vulnerable to me but that would need one hell of a cover.
Talking of size, Pear Audio have a Royale 400 they’re floating round their dealers, it rather puts the Versalex in the shade
I’ve heard this a couple of times when it visited a Reading dealers, 400 is the length of the arm in mm, it looks very vulnerable to me but that would need one hell of a cover.
gavreid
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They do, you just move the nylon wire onto the adjacent pulley. Since it's accessible there's no need to lift the platter...
gavreid
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Nothing special here, just some van damme cable with RCA plugs. The 90 degree plugs help at the rear of the deck if space is a problem, i.e. a wall shelf, as mjw said...