TW-Acustic Raven

I would like to hear more about this Fickert table, as I have not heard of it. Does this manufacturer have a website? The TW-Acustic Raven Two is at the top of my focus list. I like the idea of a table that can take two arms, but does not take up a great deal of space. However, as I contemplate this significant investment, I am torn with a bias toward more "stable" U.S. companies, such as VPI and Basis, which have maintained a presence in this market for so many years. I wonder what would happen if, say eight years down the road, a problem arises with the TW-Acustic...how would I get the thing fixed...on the other hand, given superb engineering, maybe the reason to buy TW-Acustic is that it will not break, even eight years down the road...well, I don't see these pop up on audiogon very often...

Oh, its spelled "Feickert"...they have a website and a review on 6moons...

Unfortunately I don't have a Graham Phantom arm but only a good Michell Tecnoarm on my TW Acustic Raven One .. it's surely not the better looking TT .. but trust me it's a great turntable far superior to most "boutique look" TT around.

Audiofreakgeek

After spending $250.00 on a Feikert protractor and assuming I was getting a precision set up tool, I quickly found out it is NOT....

The Feikert protractor is WAY over priced and is NOT a precision instrument for setting up a cartridge.

Further more ,the small two page pamphlet that accompanied the protractor is a joke....

A glossy advertisement for his turntable printed on heavy weight paper and three times the size of the instruction PAMPHLET is included for the $250.00 spent.

As for the "storys" on the street you have heard regarding deveoplment and material of the Raven line of tables.

You should of dug a little deeper into Thomas Woschuicks published back ground and bio history.....

I looked at both table lines and my next table is going to be the Fickert, do the research and you will find that out.

I am not saying the Raven isn't a great table, however, the Fickert is also a remarkable table and the price differential is quite large. I can get a Fickert with a superb arm and cartidge for the price of a fully blown Raven!

Audiofreak,

Have you heard the Feickert Twin ?

I think the OP is considering a Raven One/Two which is about US$5000-6500.

Feickert Twin is US$9000 without arm last i heard. Quite a few were seen at the Munich hifi show i think, likley a sign of a good thing.

When i was considering my new turntable last year , my local dealer/Australian importer had the new Feickert Twin for US$4750 but he soon dropped the Feickert line. It sounds like a good bargain and opportunity missed by myself with hindsight but i had to look elsewhere.

Back to the present, i'm now a very happy owner of Raven One. Got it going with a Jelco 10.5 S arm tone paired with an Ortofon Kontrapunkt B for the last 2 months while i wait for the Phantom II order to be completed. Relative to my previous purchases,this is a significant purchase but there is no regret so far. Sound wise, there is better bass definition + heft (biggest improvement) , more microdetails , airy top end and deeper soundstage when it's compared to my old setup which costed about 1/3 the price ( Roksan Radius 5/Nima tonearm/Ortofon Kontrapunkt A ~ $3K). I was looking for significant improvement obviously and subjectively i think it gives about 20-30% improvement. Happy with that.

And I should finally get my new Phantom II tonearm in the next 2 weeks and hopefully this will take things further.

I still think Raven One is one of the better value new turntable going around.