I have been listening to the Viger Indian signature with TITAN for almost two months now...
and did substantial test drives with many of my cartridges, and against other turntables that i have\had in demo etc.
I can say now without any doubt that the Indian Signature with Titan is the Best turntable i ever owned and heard at any price. (of course i did not test all of them around the world in my listening room, but i've been dealing with analog systems for more than 30 years and owned an enormous quantity of turntables, arms, cartridges and all analog related).
The Final test for me was against my own CS PORT TATM2 and LT that was my reference prior to the Indian. And Unfortunately i must admit that he also fell short in rounds v.s the Indian.
although the TAT2M2 is an AMAZING piece of machinery and their LT is also VERY good in comparison to a lot of LT i had and heard in my time...
when you switch to the Indian everything feels in another league!
The CS PORT sounds Very balanced, with very good details and Very decent bass reproduction. The music floats un forcely in the stage and it feels that this combo just plays at ease almost everything you throw at it. their LT is a Very good one and once you dialed it perfectly it will play everything with a little to none distortion. maybe some minor issues on the inner groove but this is far more related to various LPs..
When the Indian Signature aligned and well broke in, the sound became just "stupid" good. you have a "WOW" figure face with everything that comes out of it. it's not playing music, it recreates music for you. my vinyls just came Alive!
The bass is the strongest, most fast and nuanced I ever encountered in analog reproduction. it is well balances everything. The transient effect in classical music (that i'm listening to 90% of my time) is sky rocket fast and with the ease and clarity he does that it is almost unbelievable it comes from a cartridge and a turntable. the TITAN electronics are just dead quiet, non issue plug and play, on\off systems that just let you put on an LP and listen for days!
The Vision Linear arm is very very very equirate. Once you handle the subtels of set it up (and I think everyone in this forum could do it easely ! ) it's just stayed perfect with no tweaks for it no matter what.
Once I put my Red sparrow on, the Game was Over. it's just become a spaceship with the most delicate but strong, fast but balanced and most coherent and amazing musical piece i ever owned!
i'm still using my CH PRECISION P1 phono stage with CS PORT SUT to suit the RS application, and I cannot wait for my AC TALOS to arrive to try it on.
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It is very important to mention the VYDA cable that Enrico made for me to work from the Indian to my phono stage, it is maybe the fastest, most amazing cable I have ever had and it matches the Indian characteristic perfectly to my ears. I will be Very happy if I will have more of his creations with the rest of my system.
maybe someday.
for now, the CS PORT is in Boxes to make some room to some new stuff i ordered after i established that i just dont need it, and i can mount a second arm to the Indian to get some playing around with different arms and cartridges along with the Vision and the Red sparrow.
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