Choosing a new turntable

I would suggest a investigation of the Wand 14.4 TT, even though the Company is not forthcoming with being brand specific, a inquiry could be made to discover if it is a Board produced as a Phenolic Resin Impregnated Densified Wood?

The TT Structure and the description given for the Plywood as being German Plywood and the Wand Phonostage description of the devices casing which is seemingly a identical material, having the description as being acoustically inert, strongly suggests this material is a Delignit product and could be Panzerholz or one of the products produced by them that is very similar. 

I am a advocate of Densified Woods such as a Panzerholz, many TT enthusiasts are using it for a long time now. The growing popularity has now spilled over to the place where other TT manufactures are adopting this material and even the most recent £60K Linn TT now has this material type being used. 

Advisable to hold of until the Spec' for the 14.3 Structural materials is better known, as a option for a TT, could be discovered to be in front of you, that through the design to use a particular structural material, is producing TT, that is nipping at the heels of much much more expensive models using the same Tech to overcome typical issues needing resolving with a TT's function.

Linn States, whilst concealing the materials trade name:

" The sonic improvement comes by way of Linn’s all-new Bedrok™ plinth technology; formed of orthogonal layers of beech placed under extreme pressure to create an entirely new, solid and massive material. The consequent ultra-dense wood has negligible resonance and offers a superior isolating housing for the turntable’s mechanism. "

Clearaudio makes TT's up $30K Panzerholz is used and make the following as a claim, and have no issues with revealing the Brand of the material responsible:

 " Its resonance-optimized chassis shape is based on the proven success of Clearaudio’s three-point design — a combination of Panzerholz, aluminum layers, and aluminum pods. " 

In relation to Roksan TT's, I can't but not attach them to the reason why bearing modifications become so popular in the UK in the Nineties and onwards since.

The Company might be the Godfather of very accurately interfaces for machining bearings and having a quality control that maintained the Spindle / Bush interface was kept to very low microns, resulting a extremely true axis.

It was a common perspective that the presentation of these TT's was very attractive, beguiling in their attraction to competitors TT's. 

The quality of the Bearing on the Roksan TT was attributed to this particular sonic and creating an attraction that was a very competitive and improved over other mechanical interfaces encountered from competitors.

Roksan as a business model did not capture and ensnare their customers as did the Linn's, Naims and Pink Triangle, informing their captured prey, all methods of listening used until now are wrong and lets us re-educate you to become better audio enthusiasts and show you clearly where to direct funds.

I would assume the much more commonly seem magazine media were met with an alternative version of how a product should be represented by them, in the eyes of  Linn, Naim, or Pink Triangle and the likes of Roksan were never to be given the place the quality of the product they were producing deserved. 

For myself, I am happy they showed others the benefits of creating a very tight tolerance mechanical interface and the value of a true axis rotation. Mechanical minded individuals commenced with their own versions of this, and I was a recipient of early produced work from the early 90's and am still involved being very encouraging to see this area of work undertaken for a mechanical interface  maintained by individuals being inquisitive and wanting that extra special experience.

Additionally, I am instrumental in seeing this area of a mechanical interface continued as a evolving R&D today. There are a few very good skill sets sailing close to the wind on this subject and I am to look on, to see where they are bearing, it is getting this area closer to being correct, that enables plenty more dots to be connected on the trail to a much improved Cartridge Styli > Groove Modulation Interface.