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TW Acustic Raven One owners

Hello Guys,

I have bought one month ago a TW Acustic Raven One and I have mounted a new Michell Tecnoarm I'm breaking-in with my Grado Statement Master 0.4mv cartridge
I'm very happy about the TW , for me it's a great TT telling the true not the best looking TT but surely one of the good sounding out of there.
Speaking about the arm since it was a new one and I haven't finished to break-in (only 40 hours done) I can only say it smells like a good sounding arm .. expecially good silver cabled

What your arm on this TT? .. and how about your experiences about Raven One - Arm combo?

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Happy New Vinyl Year to EveryOne!

Gabriele
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halcro
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I have to disagree slightly here........I mounted a $5000 ZYX Universe on my 30 year old Rega Planar 3 with Hadcock GH228 unipivot arm (total price 30 years ago $375) and the resultant sound was one of the 4 revelations of my audio life.
I now have it mounted in a DaVinci 12" Ref Grandezza arm on a Raven AC-3 turntable and appreciate the sound of the Universe to no greater degree than before?
Of course one might say that the Rega 3 and Hadcock arm were not "chopped liver"?.......but they are still available today at reasonable prices.
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halcro
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Thanks Jaspert,
Don't get me wrong?.......the sound of my system with the Raven AC-3 plus DaVinci and Copperhead arms is of course far more revealing and competent than with the Rega 3/Hadcock combination.
The point I was trying to make is that the beauty of an expensive cartidge can often be fully appreciated (at least in my case), with a cheap turntable and arm.
It may not be the universal recommendation?......but it also should not be universally condemned?
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