Clearaudio Innovation [Wood] vs Master Innovation

@dwette 

Thanks for the feedback. Quite helpful.

can you clarify what model you had previously? (First sentence, second paragraph).

Best,

@mgrif104 Oh, my bad, I didn’t check my editing well enough.

The turntable I had prior to my Innovation was a Clearaudio Ovation. I had that for about 12 years. I was actually quite happy with it, but had a windfall that afforded me the upgrade to the Innovation. I sold the Ovation and 9" Universal arm for a decent price too.

Got it - nice! 

Oh, just to add an update to this....

I just ordered a Clearaudio Master Innovation (piano black) to replace my Innovation. I also had my two 12" Universal tonearms rewired from copper litz with RCA termination to silver litz with DIN termination, and ordered a set of Siltech DIN-XLR phono cables. 

I am also getting a HRS EXR three-shelf rack for the Master Innovation and my Boulder 1108 phono-stage. Currently I have a HRS R3X isolation base sitting on top of a Naim Fraim rack for my Innovation turntable, but plan to upgrade that to something better for the Master Innovation, TBD.

@dwette Think you will love the upgrade. I did the same jump and the MI is just more of everything compared to the Innovation Wood. More weight and solidity to the image and better dynamics. Maybe it's partly psychological, but the MI sounds bigger. Just fills the space with confidence.