Kelly, which WTT are you refering to? I've been using a WT Reference with Reference arm for close to 10 years. Have owned Linn, VPI and earlier versions of the WT Classic and have found the Reference to be vastly superior to them all. While there are no doubt better tables and arms out there (for a price)I would never characterize the Reference as "outrageously dark, slow and uninvolving sound." It is easily the best I've owned, and to my ears very musical, but I would be interested in what you would suggest that is reasonably priced, keeping in mind that the Reference is worth about $3000 used. By the way, the CDP-001 and DP-75V are way out of my league (at least until they're several years old and quite depreciated).
Replacing TT with CD
I am considering replacing my WTT&A with a single box CD player. Listen to mainly classical and jazz through tubes (CJ). I would appreciate any comments from those who have made same conversion and if happy or unhappy with decision. And lastly which CD player would you recommend.
Dave
Dave