Well Tempered Amadeus turntable, giant killer?

Slipknot1, no I love it, but I have had several reports that the Well Tempered Amadeus is better than much more expensive tts.

Lewm, I agree entirely with what you say about the Well-Tempored first turntable. I have a friend who totally agree with you and I about the early table, but he positively raves about the Amadeus. I thorough trust him.

As I am to be away from my listening room with the Bergman tt, which my friend also owns, I have no immediate plans to buy anything.

I should also say that the comments and reviews on the Amadeus are overwhelmingly positive with comparisons with greatly more expensive and widely heralded tts.

Buda, several comments. I don't know what you are talking about with the Brilliant Pebbles. I never said any such thing. Second, you need to study the process of selective perception. It is a two way street. Some do not hear or see things because they believe they won't. But in reality one man's giant killer is worthless to another. I never said that I believed the WTA was a giant killer but that many others have said so. I have not heard it.

As to your gratuitous comments about my age and hearing. From about six months after birth, humans begin to lose the ability to hear hi gh frequencies. I am no exception. In a recent hearing test, I can only hear frequencies to 15.5k Hz. But many people of all ages have irregular frequency responses across the range of hearing. My doctor said that mine remain what they were when I was 50. What evidence do you have that you are abnormal?

I totally agree with you that Audiogon or any site affords the opportunity for people to decide for them self. I'm curious as to why you seem so incapable of reading that I was merely inquiring whether others had favorable experiences with this turntable. I do wonder what your vendetta is based on. Did I give you an F?

Buda, again I don't understand you. What does, "Norm’s history of pontificating to other Audiogoners on topics that are on the audio fringe at best." mean. I suspect you are talking about my strong feelings about "objectivists' notions of science, which I would agree don't have much to do with audio or science. Apart from that I merely express my experiences with products and never any "pontification." If you can give me an example and you are correct, I will apologize.

Again, you seem in violation of your displeasure with "pontification" with your comments on my being a retired professor and supposedly not allowing questions.

Drubin, I own a Bergman Sindre which has been excellent. I bought it long before I knew of the Amadeus. I have heard the Amadeus several times under very good circumstances and have been amazed with it. Now I have learned of a fanatical audio friend who is massively modifying the Amadeus as part of a program to put vinyl on a hard drive.

I was never much impressed by the classic Well Tempered tt.

Were I to do it all over, I would buy the Amadeus, but I would have to get a cueing lever, given my essential tremor.