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
Schipo,

I merely said that it (i.e. the exposed bearing) LOOKS like a high school project. Hide the damn bearing and pass the additional $2 worth of plastic collar costs along to the consumer! While you're at it WT Labs, cut the crap and acknowledge that the cost of your arm bearing is <$2 and pass that savings along to the consumer. When that is done we can admire the product, but still chuckle at the idea.

BTW, they might want to consider a more colorful model name. Too bad "Milky Stork" is already taken.

Marty
The basic Amadeus is app $2500 (if I got it right as the value I saw for the NZ dollar is app 55 cents). Since the 'table appears to be a basic unsprung design that is nicely finished (and more than enough has been said about the economics of producing the arm) the price feels about right vs other 'tables out there.

WT Labs has a good rep for resonance control so I assume it's a strength here. The motor/controller appears to be a small, integrated unit that's hard to comment on without further info, save to note that it's probably inexpensive relative to the stand alone motor/controllers used in some other (usually costlier) 'tables. Ironically, the arm is likely to be a major point of differentiation.

I'd actually love to hear one of these and, until I do, I'd never write this product off as a potential value. I just wish that it had been handled a bit differently. It would be difficult to imagine actually buying one in it's present state - For me, anyway.
You are going to see many in less then a year after purchase, being placed on the used market. And not because of poor performance, but the golf ball jokes will leave to many with a bad taste with thoughts that they have made a bad purchase.
Such arrogance, such idiotic babble.
How can you comment on something you haven't experienced?
I would think if you hear it you'll be changing your depends! and the joke will be on you....