Thanks.
Extremely few systems can do both large scale and small scale well. For that, you either needs loads of budget with great room, or you need to have some compromises. Many people who think their systems do large scale, achieve separation and detail and macro dynamics at the cost of tone, timbre, flow, harmonics.
To do both excellent is difficult. Many try for one system and one table that can achieve everything. Usually they don't and whether high budget or low budget, it usually is a compromise on one side or the other. I remember once discussing with Mik that the issue I have with this table is X, and with that table is Y, etc etc...he started laughing - he said all tables have some issue or the other...so you just buy them all and balance it out. People think at 5k, then 10k, then 20k, then 100k, they will get a perfect table...it is always a compromise.
But still, I think to get chamber, small scale classical, vocals, and jazz sound excellent, a lot can be achieved at much lower cost with a simple TD 124 level TT. That is what these videos show. I have heard large orchestra and rock on a Tannoy. It is good. Can it be beaten by spending a lot more, yes, but for rock, it was actually the best system I heard after MIke's. We heard rock and blues on a Tannoy 15 inch gold for 8 hours with zero fatigue. You won't get loads of separation and detail and concert hall space on it for large orchestra, but still it is quite good.
Also the lowther audiovector in that video seems pretty good it is not playing simple music
