TW Acustic Raven One owners

Hi Gabriele,

First of all Happy New Year to you, Mark and Dave as it's altready 2009 here in Australia. ;)
Thanks for the tip about loosening the Stillpoint feet BTW.

I got my Raven One just before you after a 4 months wait. Worth the long wait and some. Understated and solid engineering.Nice.

I'm using a 10.5 inch Jelco S arm ( similar to the Vivid but obviously longer) with an Ortofon Kontrapunkt B at the moment but i feel the Jelco arm is holding back the performance somewhat.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a52/jasnev/Hi%20Fi%20and%20Horology/raven1insitufront.jpg

But i did order a Graham Phantom B44 back in early August soon after i ordered the table mainly due to views expressed by others and the popularity of the pairing. I'm hopeful of getting it soon and hopefully it will bring another level of all round improvement. On top of that i also bought a mint Micro Seiki MA 505 Mk 3 tonearm on impulse from a HK ebay seller this week. The table will be a Raven 2 soon enough and it will be interesting to compare them.

Interestingly, i've noticed you're interested in the AT33PTG too on another thread as i just bought one from ebay this week after procastinating for a few months.
It's a popular choice on pinkfishmedia.net and that's how i became aware of it after going through the giant Raven one thread there.

In the long run, i might go for a Dynavector XV1s when my bank balance has recovered from all the upgrade.

regards,
jasper

Hi Mark/Stiltskin,

Really looking forward to pairing the Phantom and the Raven 1 this year and I will definitely get a MintLp. Judging the feedbacks from you and Gabriele, it's well worth
the trouble for very minimal outlay.

Both Ortofon 309D and 309S 12 inch arms sounds like good pairing with Raven 1 or AC from a few users here.It would be next choice if i didn't already have a deposit down for the other arm.

Halcro,
The way i read it,it sounds like putting the top of the range Dynavector cartridge on the Raven AC-3/12 inch Da Vinci is no more sweeter than your 30 yrs old Rega Planar 3 combination which is kind of surprising. W
Very nice system BTW.