Well Tempered Amadeus

Charlie,

There is no doubt that the WTL arm is much easier to use than the Dynavector is. The fact that Firebaugh has done such a good job of addressing resonance problems with the standard Amadeus has made it competitive in that respect with more expensive designs.

Jim Pendleton
Osage Audio Products, LLC
573-696-3551
info@audiointelligent.com

Hello Compasmar,

I am a retailer for the new Well Tempered Lab products and thought that I might respond to your concerns about Opera.

Opera is only the contractor who is supplying the parts and labor for the Amadeus turntables. This is Bill Firebaugh's design, and his partner in New Zeland oversees the production of the parts and the finished product, independently of Opera's own quality assurance people.

This product line is completely supported by Well Tempered Lab, not Opera, and is supported in the States by TOFFCO, who is also the Dynavector distributor.

Well Tempered Lab also has a strong working relationship with Dynavector worldwide.

I don't expect there to be any quality or service issues with this product. All of the expendable and wearing parts are easily sourced from many places, and the unique parts are exceedingly long-wearing.

There is already a good inventory of wearing parts laid in with TOFFCO. Belts, for instance, are replaced free of charge for as long as you own the turntable. Just write or call and they are mailed to you.

In summary, no service issues that may occur with the Amadeus or any Well Tempered product will require any type of communication with Opera. All issues will be handled directly by Well Tempered Lab, and in the USA by TOFFCO.

Jim Pendleton
Osage Audio Products, LLC
info@audiointelligent.com
573-696-3551

Hi Charlie and Tom_hankins,

I think that the turtable that Tom_hankins is referring to is the acrylic-plinthed version of the Amadeus, which is called the Amadeus GT. They are also planning to sell this plinth cut for the DV-507 tonearm. It will be sold with the Well Tempered arm as the Amadeus GT.

The standard Amadeus has a plinth of Baltic birch that is painted. Everything else is the same between the two at this point.

Tom_hankins, did you see the demonstration at Audio Alternative? It is my understanding that the Dynavector version of the Amadeus GT was demonstrated there.

Alan Jones is a good guy. People in the Atlanta area should be glad to have him there.

Dealer disclaimer.

Jim Pendleton
Osage Audio Products, LLC
573-696-3551
info@audiointelligent.com

Hi Tom_hankins,

Mike Pranka mentioned that it went very nicely and that Alan and his staff had gone to a great deal of trouble to make it go that way.

We contributed some of the prizes that were give away during the event.

Happy listening.

Jim Pendleton
Osage Audio Products, LLC
573-696-3551
info@audiointelligent.com

Hi Guys,

The GT version of the Amadeus has actually preceded the release of a Dynavector version. In fact, I just sold the sole example (I believe) in the USA of the GT on Sunday. But I believe that several of these have been sold around the world over the past year.

This is the model with the acrylic plinth and is the same as the Dynavector model that has been shown with just different tonearm fitments.

In other words, the standard Amadeus and GT would look exactly the same save for the different plinth material; painted Baltic birch versus black acrylic sheet.

This list price for the standard Amadeus is $2850 and the GT is $3650.

The Dynavector version of the GT is only a prototype at this point. There have been no plans announced to put it on the market that I know of.

I haven't heard both Amadeus turntables, nor have I heard the Dynavector version, but I may get the chance on Tuesday. I think it is likely that they will all sound a little different, but I think that what is 'better' would be a personal preference decision.

Charlie, have you heard any of the versions other than the standard Amadeus? And yes, I am enjoying it. It seems like a comparitive bargain in the turntable market.

Now, I'll throw a wrench in the whole thing with the description by telling everyone that it is reasonably likely that there will be some changes in all models when the next batch arrives here during the summer.

I won't go into a discussion about the possible changes that have been thrown around so far, but I will say that they may manifest themselves more in terms of looks than in performance. I won't say more because I've learned that you don't really know what you've got until they're here and the first box is opened. At that point I can give you an honest, accurate answer.

I hope that this information helps.

Jim Pendleton
Osage Audio Products, LLC
573-696-3551
info@audiointelligent.com

Hi Guys,

I do need to make one correction. The plinth of the Amadeus is not Baltic birch. It is Medite. They had intended early on to use Baltic birch, but the decision was made to change that before production began. Unfortunately the literature describing the turntable was not changed.

Sorry for contributing to the confusion.

Jim Pendleton
Osage Audio Products, LLC
573-696-3551
info@audiointelligent.com

Hi Creativepart,

Thanks for the observation. If you've looked at the rest of our website, then you know that we like to have LARGE photos of everything. The WTL photos were the largest that we could get for now. Hopefully we can do better with the next batch of turntables that come in.

The click to enlarge thing in the online store doesn't make it much larger. We're limited there on size as well.

If you or anyone want any closer-up photos, please let me know and I will try to take some of the demo turntable that we have here.

Happy listening.

Jim Pendleton
Osage Audio Products, LLC
573-696-3551
info@audiointelligent.com