A turntable that plays all types of music well

Bad move karmapolice. As much as I like the design of the tonearm is as much as I dislike the turntable. First of all the marketing is plain stupid. The suspension's design according to the marketing in almost no suspension at all. Vibration does not occur in the vertical plain only. It occurs in every plane and the most serious anomalies occur below 10 Hz. Rumble is always an appropriate measurement they are just embarrassed over their number. Lastly, it's construction is cheesy and it is ugly. 

If you had already made up your mind on a turntable why did you start this thread? You wasted time in the lives of people trying to give you their best advice.  

Yosh Schmenge is rolling in his grave!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eHB5OjALPQ

Technics SL1200....the end 

I bought a used Linn LP 12 15 years ago and now have upgraded with Mober parts,Mober PSU was a good improvement over Lingo PSU and every upgrade made a good improvement so goes to show that TT it self makes a good improvement maybe more than arm and cart. combo.All Mober upgrades except for the plinth.As good as  LP12 sounded in stock form I would be disappointed in the sound,with Mober parts I get all the best upgrades that Linn has put into the LP12 at a much lower price.

Miller Carbon, I quite enjoy your dry wit.

@motorcyclphil - the question isn’t whether improvements in the turntable sound better or not- of course they do, and especially Linn is known for options, almost, but not quite like Porsche. It was whether turntables play different kinds of music better than others, which is ridiculous.

Cartridges, phono stages, speakers, maybe amps, but not turntables. Their job is simply to keep the speed accurate with no rumble. Rumble doesn’t discriminate against music type, nor does some inaccuracy.

kingharold-

Miller Carbon, I quite enjoy your dry wit. 

Thanks, appreciate it. Currently working on designing turntable racks specialized by genre. Some have suggested a modular approach with shelves designed for rock, jazz, and classical. But I think that is too much of a compromise. Even one stereo per song is too much of a compromise for me. Ultimately  not only the system but the whole room and house should be for each type of music. Country Music in Nashville, naturally. The Grunge and Indy music house Seattle, obviously. But Blues? Chicago? At least we know to play the Mozart in Salzburg. But can this same house system work for Tchaikovsky? So many people say the goal is a music system that makes all music sound equally good, I was about to throw in with them when I saw your comment. I will now redouble my efforts!! Thanks!

Marantz TTs1

Hello,
I think if you ha e a VTA on the fly tonearm you should be able to hear the best out of all albums. Also, there is a new more forgiving format to set up your tonearm. I don’t have the name of the new setup. Some setups are better for classical some average everything out. Lastly I asked MC about some of this and he said one cart he had to adjust the VTA a little. With another it was a set it and forget it. If you can do VTA on the fly that might be the most accurate as long as you record the settings for each album. Maybe call Soundsmith and see what they recommend since you have their awesome cart. If you do not have VTA on the fly then maybe set the VTA a little bit high. Then have a thicker mat to add bass or punch to the music when needed. I think 1mm higher VTA for the normal Mat and a 2- 3mm mat should give you some options. This would be adjusted by your ears for final VTA setup. I hope this helped. 

Turntable racks Miller?  Ho ho ho.

So which fuses are best for different music genres?

I prefer orange fuses for The Pixies  🥴

Red fuses for Simply Red.
Yellow for 'The Yellow Shark'.
Green for Peter Green.  And Al Green
Pink for Pink Floyd.    And Joni Mitchell
Blue for Miles Davis.  And the Moodies
Black for Black Sabbath.
Brown for Arthur Brown   And Jackson Brown
Crimson for King Crimson.
Purple for Deep Purple.  And Jimi Hendrix.  And Prince.  And New Riders..
Cream for The Cream
White for Barry White
Silver for Bob Seger
Tangerine for Tangerine Dream

So which fuses are best for different music genres?

For the tantric chants, a 1A slo blow. ;)

Also Barry White, Otis, and Marvyn, etc.

The signed LP is in the cabinet.
Here is a track:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz6-Xz7ymv8&list=PLKC7uhzRINnRgNbkgDxPOIH0lMPSPEMzz&index=4