Brinkman Balance Comparisons

I am so happy for you Rick, congratulations.

Gongrats RICK!!!BTW,I too had the 4.5's,and RS-1b's.The 1B's are still absolutely world class!I sold mine because of an out of state move.
Just my two cents...I really believe it is in the area of phono cartridges that the biggest improvement in music reproduction has taken place.A good quiet table,and good arm is a wonderful thing to have,but the "transducer" holds the magic,and it seems this is where alot of meaningful progress has been made.
Best of luck!!
Mark

Rick

I am currently considering the purchase of the Raven One; the website does not really describe in detail what the platter and the plinth is made of. Based on your observation and handling of the Raven AC, does there material look/ feel more like acrylic?

To me, the choice is a straight one between the Scheu flagship and the Raven One. I live in Singapore, due to the smaller market, I will not get the chance to try out both models before I make the purchase unless someone else's orders arrive and I listen to their set up in the showroom. Hence I can only rely on this forum for more information.

Many thanks.

David Chang

Note the platter, is a compound design of a special polymer and the top part made of copper. This is from the web sit. However this is platter of the Raven AC. I am not sure about the Raven one.
Perhaps High Water (the distributor) can help you out?

I wish you good luck.

P.S. If the One is half as good as the AC you'll be in music haven!!!!

It is very heavy.

David,

when I had a Scheu turntable years ago, I asked Mr. Scheu to make a lot of variations. One of the variations was a Delrin (or POM) platter. This is the black material the TW-Akustik is made from now. Delrin sounds different from acrylic. While acrylic has a sparkling top end, transparent mids and a well textured but sometimes lean bass, Delrin has a bit muted top end, good midrange, and powerful bass. These are not big differences, just tendencies. Think of good solid state electronics vs. good tube electronics. In the end I preferred the acrylic one, because of the openness of sound, but friends of mine have Delrin platters in satisfying configurations, which I like too. I cannot predict on the use of copper mats on Delrin platters, though.

Mind that I was comparing only platters, on same bearings and with same tonearms and MC cartridges.

When it comes to Scheu vs. TW-Akustik, this is a lot more complicated, as Mr Woschnik uses a state of the art motor design and an elaborated bearing design. So it is a comparison of complete turntables. On the other hand, Scheu turntables are in a different price league.

best regards,
Hartmut