HEAVY Platters. Metal or Plastic? Your personal Experiences

@mijostyn

😁 I think I would take that bet…. And it would be a blast to determine the winner. I did a lot of research before buying my Linn… one of the only contenders was a Soto… my research and my turntable expert both concurred that in this time Linn wins easily… I will admit to liking the Walker… it has vac. Hopefully at some point I can get one and figure out which of us would win. But I would win either way.

There are many approaches to turntable design… well implemented designs sound great. I used to have a heavy VPI turntable… sounded great. For the money really solid sound… but a bit lacking in detail. I have heard a TT with a 100pound solid granite platter… you had to spin it to get it going.  I now have a high end Linn… sprung table with a relatively light platter… it sounds better… but it also cost four times as much.

A turntable is a system and the sound coming out is contingent on all its components. Probably best to listen to stuff in your price range and not concentrate too much on one aspect. I have in general found the best guide to the sound quality is cost. Particularly with turntables over $5K. It is a highly competitive field.

@mijostyn 

Thanks.

Honestly… if I complete the upgrades on my system, I actually did think a Sota Cosmos would be my next purchase. This would be purely for fun, since my digital end and analog end sound the same. But, it was one of the tables with real mystique from when I was young… it would be a hoot to own one. Also, at last I have two inputs into my phono stage.