Brinkmann vs TW Acustic

Syntax's comments are well put and TW Acustic know their customers well.

Yes i'm sure you hear a pretty sound from your TW AC however my extended experience with my TW-AC2 was not a happy one.
Responding to a similar question a few years ago caused an exchange of private messages from happy TW owner that started out civil though ended with these happy TW members calling me names. Oh well, not so unusual I guess with "certain types".
My experience with this $17,000.00 table showed problems more so with play back of select vintage Lps.
I'm sure all is fine with Classic Rock, Pop and some of the modern re-issues of today, however.

My memory of the AC, play back was everything under glass, a lack of interplay , rhythmically compressed, no pulse and so on.
Like a cook that follows a recipe exactly though really has no feel or real passion to pull the dish off , it always turns out bland.
Why ?,,,, a table only supports the platter and tone arm with a motor to spin the record, how can this have so much influence on what I hear?
There are said many stated happy TW owners,as it turned out it reallly tells me nothing about the product itself, like movie box office receipts it says nothing of the movie itself.
For the price and level of performance I say no.