TW-Acustic Arm

Shane,

The big deal is that it needed tremendous amount of break in. I was told that the change from before & after break in is dramatic and takes a good 50 plus hours. I have personally had cartridges sound terrible and great depending on when I set it up. With a few arms it allows me to futz if I don't like it. So setup can always be an issue. It was described to me as holographic and dynamic.

Nice to hear it mates well w. the TW Phono. Tempting but I am waiting to hear about the new Titan i.

50 hours is quite a bit of LP time.
Any way to make it faster ?
Does playing it with cardas Lp help ?

I would disagree Darren.

My A90 sounded wonderful straight from the box and only got better.

is there a new Titan i?. is it called the i2?

Thomas hated the sound of the A90 at RMAF

Wow, interesting to say the least. If it wasn't burn in, I wonder what other factors may have come into the equation. I'd be interested to hear whether and how Mr. Woschnick liked the combination in Munich.

Read a new Titan i is coming out somewhere over here. It makes sense so I assume it is true. As for not liking a cartridge or not, I have learned that often some cartridges do need significant break in and that can vary sample to sample. IME some even sound bad while others sound amazing. This isn't specific to a single brand but can be with almost any. I remember my Universe needed completely different settings than the one I tried as a loner which was simply stunning on first listen. It needed 100s of hours to settle in but then was amazing. Shane, I trust your ears especially as they line up with several other respected members here. But... there have been quite a few products promoted here that have been "the flavor of the month" type.