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Well-Tempered Golf Ball?

In this month's TAS they describe the Well-Tempered Amadeus as follows: "tonearm is suspended from fishing line (which I've seen and understand) and damped with a golf ball."

Can someone explain this golf ball? Are we talking a Titleist here or merely something that reminds the author of a golf ball?
grimace
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albertporter
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Any truth to the rumor that they will follow with a turntable called The Caddy Shack?
bcoasis
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what rcm is gonna work best if you get a bogey???
lewm
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I'd have to dig up some of my Columbia 18-holes to play on it.
schipo
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The price for the tables is New Zealand pricing. I took this off from Totally wired. They state the price for the tables will costs less than a Linn tone arm. Hope this info helps.

Amadeus Turntable - Dual layer MDF sandwich construction plinth, complete with tone arm and isolation base NZ$4,400

Amadeus GT Turntable - Dual layer acrylic sandwich construction plinth, complete with tone arm and isolation base NZ$5,700

Acrylic dust cover for all models NZ$630
WT Isolation base for use with other turntables and CD players NZ$710
grimace OP
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Further in that same issue of TAS there is a full review (sorry, I didn't see it before I posted.) Apparently the arm is attached to the top of the ball - they don't specify the brand - and then the ball is floated in a cup of damping fluid. They gave it an excellent review, but jeez, that looks like the hi-fi equivalent of duct tape. They couldn't have even painted it? It's actually kind of a cool idea that looks like it was executed in the garage.
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