A well set up fairly simple TT can indeed sound better then most digital.
What im saying is that i have heard Monstrosities of expensive enginering with mediocre sound .
In case of the nagra i dont even wanna comment at as to how bad it was.
When you re asking 2 or 3 hundred K for a TT i expect to be impressed to say the least.
The whole goal seems to be to design expensive feats of enginering.
Because there are enough rich audiophiles who want a magazine triple A rated/ approved engineering trophy in their home.
A well set up fairly simple TT can indeed sound better then most digital.
What im saying is that i have heard Monstrosities of expensive enginering with mediocre sound .
In case of the nagra i dont even wanna comment at as to how bad it was.
When you re asking 2 or 3 hundred K for a TT i expect to be impressed to say the least.
The whole goal seems to be to design expensive feats of enginering.
Because there are enough rich audiophiles who want a magazine triple A rated/ approved engineering trophy in their home.
i think the Wilson Benesch is something special. the real deal. but at a very high price. not personally heard it.
no opinion about the others.
obviously i do think very highly of my Wadax. but head to head with good media the WB is quite a ways better. preferences for overall use a different question. lots of ways to view it.
Good question, Peter. And an important topic, IMO. But a topic like this can easily derail a thread.
So in short I’ll just say, where others’ hearts go pitter-patter every time somebody mentions the “gold” standard i.e. live unamplified music in an acoustic space, they always seem to overlook or ignore two things…
1. The acoustic space part.
2. The fact that in our rooms are systems with very real shortcomings/limitations that will wreak sonic havoc on certain passages or notes. Including and especially on the acoustic space part.
