Schitt turntable anyone?

Moffat looks like he was dying to scratch his balls. That seems to be pretty much a metaphor for the Company and it's products. That is not necessarily bad. We [men] all scratch our balls now and then. But not in polite company. So in all seriousness, the quality of a turntable depends upon the engineering of the main bearing, motor, tonearm, and isolation of each of the three from each other. I see little that in encouraging in that regard. 

New Schitt turntable information!

https://darko.audio/2018/10/eat-schiit-audiophiles/

Also not gonna have vibration dampeners on the feet out of the box. You'll have to buy, I kid you not "Schitt Floaters"

The carbon fiber tonearms I’ve used require high compliance phono cartridges. 

Too light. 

what's wrong with carbon fiber tone arms?

Just another turntable, methinks. Dump the carbon fiber arm. 

"Giant Killer".  That's what they said about Rega tables when they first appeared.  People are going to value things largely upon what they cost.  It's just perception.   Nobody is going to dump their $5000 VPI Wonder and go buy a Schitt table.  Not gonna happen.  Not that the Schitt isn't a good value or a good table, but the perception of its merits will be based upon pricing.

Besides, it's almost impossible to properly compare two different tables.  Many buy their tables and arms separately.  The cartridge that is best for the $5000 VPI Wonder may not mate well in the Schitt arm and vice versa.

Ultimately Schitt buyers will be looking in their price range of around $1000.

Last year I sold an ancient Linn LP12, with a Rega RB300 arm, for $1100.  It was a solid table.  Would you rather have a Linn or a Schitt?

What’s the problem with unipivot tonearms?

Nothing. They have their strengths and weaknesses, as do gimbal arms. Such comments are to be expected from the direct-drive peanut gallery.

There was an update in March saying they were shooting for late summer:
https://www.headfonia.com/q-n-a-saturday-schiit-audio/2/

What's the problem with unipivot tonearms?

It looks like just another belt drive turntable. If they wanted to do something not so ho hum they should design a good direct drive model and get rid of that crappy uni-pivot arm.

Mike talked me into buying a Linn Sondek back in the 70s before he and Neil started Theta. At that time Mike was a BIG turntable guy and told me that would make the greatest and most musical change to my system. Of course then he designed the Theta digital stuff, but still talked to me about the Linn and mods. I’m sure he’s still has an analog streak.

Hi folks, looking like the new Schitt turntable is nigh upon us.

Hardly. That article was published last year and there has been no further mention of the table anywhere. It will certainly slay some giants if/when it does come around because Schiit is a brand that survives through placebo. 

You could tell from that video that the Schiit is not as attractive as a Rega P3?  The lighting and the photography were so poor that I wouldn't venture a guess, myself.  But the Schiit does seem, based on verbal description, to be of a quality in construction that is above the low end Rega/Music Hall/ProJect standard, with all due respect to those products.  I also think the Schiit tonearm is clever and novel; whether that equates to "good" in actual use remains to be seen.  Anyway, as someone else said and I inferred above, if it's any good at all, folks will be going off the deep end in overstating its wonderfulness.

Making good turntables is HARD. I'll stick with a trusted brand but I do wish the guys luck. I hope its a great business for them.

Well to be honest I’m over the Schiit hype machine. If it follows the trend of their other products, it’ll perform like a VPI Scout but get lauded (by some) like it’s a TechDAS at a fraction of the price. And it looks like - well, like the company’s name. The pricing will probably creep towards 1000 as release date approaches. At least they’re not taking peoples’ money yet.

Can it really beat a Rega P3 in performance? I think the Rega looks much, much nicer and has a proven great tonearm.

Seems to me that VPI released a couple of budget "giant killers" that only measured up to "OK."  Marketing is fun to follow, but at some point, marketing will collide with reality.  I hope Shiit succeeds with that DIY budget table.  It will help bring more quality to the hobby and help put more underperforming tables on the used market.

I'm guessing we'll watch the unipivot arm evolve over the years from a "simplicity is its beauty" design into a complex hybrid multi-pivot damped design, like all the other good unipiviots, lol.

Try up to 2k$ , fine table .

I'm interested in seeing how this compares against the mofi studio and ultradeck as well as the Rega P3. A comparison against the Technics SL 1200 GR would be great as well.

Pioneer turntable is just for DJs right?

It will have a challenge trying to equal or beat the Pioneer PLX1000 - the current under-$1K champion!

It might "kill" products in its own price range, and up to $1000 or so.  (Inexpensive Pro-ject and Music Hall turntables, for two examples.) But no, I doubt it will kill "giants".  However, I predict that some of those who buy it will swear that it does. Such is audio life.