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Well Tempered Signature turntable and arm

Hello,
since yesterday i have a Well Tempered Signature turntable with matching tonearm.
Unfortunatelly there are so little informations about this product.
The only source for me is on vinylengine.com, from the seller and from an ad reputedly of 1989, but i am not shure if some of these informations are correct:

- prduction date: at the latest from 1989 till at least 1995
- 50 pieces made
- more expensive than WT Reference
- it should be exposed in the Museum of Modern Arts in NY (but i have just found the Well Tempered chair by Ron Arad, sic!)

Have you any correct informations about this nice turntable?

Maybe any cartridge recommendations? I will try my Decca / London Reference Cartridge and DV XV-1s, i think both of them match it quite good.
breezer

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breezer OP
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hi, is there nobody who have any experiences or informations?
breezer OP
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Thanks for your answer. After some monthes with the London Reference Cartridge mounted in it, that was really very good, i will mount the DV XV-1s this weekend.
breezer OP
121 posts
 
May i invite you to this new group:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/WellTemperedLab/
breezer OP
121 posts
 
Happy New Year to everyone!

Is there any other WT Signature owner here? Or maybe former owner? Any informations, recommendations, etc?
breezer OP
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Hi Dover, what is the original one? Can you post any link or picture, maybe date of manufacturing? Maybe even per private mail. Thanks very much!
breezer OP
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Oh, these are very good news. Now we (and i) just need someone in Europe!

Any other cheaper cartridge recommendation for about 1000 USD (new or even used)?
My WTS is now not playing, i have sold my DV and London cartridges and would like to reactivate the nice Well.
breezer OP
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How do you place it? Did you change the small rubber feets? What kind of base or table do you use under it?
Some users should have changed the rubber feets against spikes and place it on thick slate base. Oder like plywood plate...
breezer OP
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If the cantilever is bent to the right, seen from the front, you cannot explain it with too high friction in the tonearm.

If it would so, the cantilever should be bent to the other side, to the left side! The grove pulls the needle to the inside of the platter, and if the tonearm doesn’t want to follow, it will be bent to the left.

A bended cantilever to the right should have another problem, maybe a way too low antiscating force, but I can’t explain it in that way.

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