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Micro RX 5000 Renaissance?

It may be just a coincidence, but looking through the various reports of the recent Munich high end event I've noticed no fewer than four (!) different turntables that all look suspiciously like the Micro RX-5000.

TW Acoustic and Kuzma launched new models visually 'inspired' by the RX-5000 design, Acoustical Systems showed a table that looks like an exact copy and DB Systems (www.micro.nl) also showed an exact copy, leaving no doubt of its objective by simply calling it 'The Tribute'. And then of course there already was the TechDas AirForce 5.

Does anyone know more about these newbies and what's under their bonnets? It would be interesting to compare their performance vis à vis the original and hear how much technology has moved forward. Or not.

While I'm a happy owner of the RX-1500G, the RX-5000 has been on my radar for quite some time. So with this Micro Renaissance going on, should I wait for a mint original to cross my path or should I go for one of these new tables? It seems Micro enthousiasts are now spoiled for choice........

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nandric
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The so called ''intellectual property'' seems to be accepted at

present but the ''liberals'' were against because of privatisation

of ''science''  which is considered to be ''common good''.

The ''investment argument''  won so those rights are limited

qua duration and under condition of fees payment for the

duration time . Aka the time to earn the investment back. There

 is no ''universal legislation''  so nearly each country has its own

regulation, This means that claiming a patent in China imply

 Chinese patent law.

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Think in terms of ''cost of production''. Labor is one of them.

This explains ''capitalist investment'' in China. In the time

that both Sovjet Union and China were ''socialist countries''

there was no investment of either in the other country.

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nandric
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As by cartridges one can say ''the construction is simple but

the execution is not''. I assume that balancing the platter is difficult

as well the (needed) precision of bearings and axle. The added

''problem'' is the choice of bearings: inverted or not?

I could ask Dertonarm but am reluctant to bother him at present.

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nandric
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@bpoletti , If you don't understand the importance of (very)

large books you can't understand Russian literature or German

philosophy (grin).

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