Well-Tempered Golf Ball?

The basic table is $2850 minus cartridge.(white golf ball). If I remember correctly they were running a Dynavector XV-1. I think that is $4500. So total is $7350. Not chump change to be sure. The Grand Prix table was over $30,000 probably and the Dr.Fickert was probably over $15,000. I don't intend on getting that cartridge. I am going to get the DV17D3. But even other reviewers who have used the table with "basic" carts have indicated that it sounded great.

Schipo,

Given that you've owned WT products in the past, do you really believe the WT tonearms are easy to set up? I bought your Well Tempered Record Player, and found the WT arm incredibly tweaky compared to any fixed bearing arm.

David

David nice hearing from you. I agree with you that the WTT arms are somewhat tweaky, but over a short time things start to snap into place and the table becomes very stable with a long period of time. I hope and I'm sure that the new table from WT is much less and according to many a breeze to setup and a large improvement in performance. My only other complaint was with the early arm's fragile tonearm cartridge clips, so lets hope that this has been addressed. I have no problem excepting that there are better tables out there. But it seems that Linn as a following of religious fanatic's that like to shout everyone down with how great their table is. When in all actuality, it was bye passed in sound quality over 20years ago by other tables.

Bill Firebaugh had a prototype a year or two ago when he spoke at our club, the Pacific Northwest Audio Society. The prototype also had a golf ball and I thought it was a joke too. I've had a couple of WTT in the past and was really intrigued listening to him and his ideas.
The prototype sounded very good. I was really impressed. I found the arms of the past were finicky as well.
I look forward to getting one in our room to test.

To add a log to the fire, I spoke to a dealer who said that the arm has no adjustable overhang, and that Firebaugh has developed an arm geometry that is unaffected by imprecise alignment!!!!!!

Wow, that is a new one on me. But I totally believe it. I used to own a WTT for many years. It was fantastic for the price, though taking a bit of time for the arm to settle each time during set up.

Firebaugh's work speaks for itself. If I didn't own a Raven One, I'd most likely buy the Amadeus.

(Just don't ask me what the WTT to R1 jump in quality was like, unless you have the money to afford the R1)