The Wand turntable


Does anyone have at home or have listened The Wand turntable, by NZL Design Build Listen?

I have seen some reviews about the wand tonearm, but nothing about the turntable+tonearm.

I come from a Thorens 160 + Linn basik plus tonearm + Sumiko Blue point 2 (and I would keep this cartridge).
Many friends of mine suggest me to buy Michell Gyrodec, but I do not like very much the Michell tonearm.
So I am watching this NZL turntable: it looks a very good tonearm but a poor turntable. 

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Showing 2 responses by mijostyn

The tonearm is a unipivot which would disqualify it for me. Your Thorens is a better turntable. I think you would be going backwards. You are better off spending the money on a new cartridge like any of the high output Soundsmith cartridges or the Clearaudio MM cartridges. 
Lewm is absolutely correct. Read the Aqvox instructions I'm sure they will tell you the same. Some current drive phonostages recommend an impedance of less than 10 ohms. The lower the better. Unfortuantely, most of the ultra low impedance cartridges are very expensive. But, the Audio Technicas are excellent cartridges and great values. Because they have much lower moving mass they will track better than the Blue Point and in my system I have no doubt they will sound better. Obviously, I can not speak for yours. My first post was being polite. Lewm is also being polite. Now I'm going to take the gloves off. There are a Host of MM and MI cartridges that are significantly better than the Blue Point which you are crippling further by trying to use it on a current mode input. You want to improve your system and get the most for your money? Get a new cartridge.