Teres Composite Platter, etc.

I upgraded my Teres 255 (w/ Acrylic platter) to a Rosewood 320 with Composite platter. This was a large improvement for me.

It's impossible to say how much of a difference the upgraded table made vs. the upgraded Composite platter since I never listened to one without the other. Needless to say, I'm very happy with the sound I'm getting from the combination.

I'm still using the Reference Motor, however, and probably won't be changing to the Verus. I'm planning on trying the holographic mylar belt metal removal tweak (courtesy of Doug and Paul) but just haven't gotten around it it yet.

Chris

I met Chris B at RMAF, where he was demoing the 260 table with the composite platter. It sounded great, although hard to isolate it from the rest of the audio chain. If I understood correctly though, he did tell me that he was not making any more of the platters and all the ones he has already have bases, so there doesn't seem to be an upgrade path available. I have the 255 myself and was similarly curious.

Outlier,

I believe you mis-heard, probably due to all that annoying music that kept interupting conversations at RMAF.

What Teres has stopped making are acrylic, acrylic/lead and wood platters, except (perhaps) for the 4xx series Certus models.

The composite platter is not only still available, it's the ONLY platter that's still available, at least for the 2xx and 3xx series belt/rim drive tables.

IOW, I believe you could upgrade if you wished. CB could confirm of course.

I have the Teres 340 w/ wooden platter. Going to the Verus motor was a huge improvement. I would not be able to listen w/o the Verus Motor anymore.