Well Tempered Amadeus turntable, giant killer?

For goodness sakes, try to listen to it before spending your money, given that you already own one or more turntables that I would guess are as good or better. Having had extensive listening experience (~10 years) with my best friend's WT Reference, I do not get the hysteria over the Well Tempered products, but to be fair I have not heard the Amadeus. This is not to say that the Reference is bad but rather that it just does not elicit anything near to euphoria in me. I wouldn't trade any of my six turntables for it, lets put it that way.

Buda, Up to a point, the brain does a wonderful job compensating for gradual hearing loss. The NIDCD hardly went out on a limb making that claim; I would wager that no one at the age of 65 or over has the measurable hearing acuity that he or she had at age 18. That would be zero persons. Anyway, nobody's perfect. On the other hand, experienced listeners develop skills that make them better judges of audio equipment, or not, compared to any 18-year-old.

What I decry is the Emporer's-new-clothes psychology that comes into play when there is hysteria surrounding a new product, such as the Amadeus. And now apparently we have Mr. Firebaugh quoted (above) as saying that some other newer turntable product is "the best he's heard". (Hope I got that right.)

Stereophile and a random collection of persons who post their views here and elsewhere on the internet are about equally credible. Meaning both should be taken with a grain of salt, and neither is a substitute for direct experience.

I have joked about it before, but it really is truly amazing that I have not seen one post from an owner of an Amadeus who is not thrilled with it. Not just "happy", but full of superlatives.

Does the tonearm hold stable azimuth all across an LP?