I like the idea of jig
Any idea of price
Agree working on it is difficult once set up
Speed accuracy for someone with perfect pitch is sublime..I cannot bear most belt drives as a result AF is exception!
Yes, perfect pitch is a blessing. Yet accuracy goes so much further beyond impacting the effects of pitch deviation. This is what I found remarkable about the v2.0. I could not detect any pitch deviation with the v1.5, so what would additional accuracy bring?
I found myself asking what could account for the order of magnitude(s) sonic improvement I heard going from 1.5 to 2.0.. Of course a lower noise floor helps but there was no way that alone explained the improvements in dynamics, frequency range, dimensionality, tonality, etc. The only thing left is the considerable improvement in speed stability and speed accuracy. As it turns out, after I published, GPA engineers (talented group) had the same debate internally and arrived at the same conclusion. They had started out knowing they could make the 'table more accurate, but had no idea about what that would bring - better, sure, but so much better was a genuine surprise that took a while to assess. Seems like there is a level of sonics beyond what till now we've accepted as 'accurate enough'.
What I kinda goggle at is the fact this is
just a turntable - it
just rotates the record. It's about the factors that come into play at the birth, the creation of the source signal. Everything downstream plays on that signal for better or worse - straight line with gain, etc. etc. Turns out paying attention to the quality of the signal at its creation may make a difference far larger than we've thought. I know there are people who don't buy this thinking, and that's okay. I'm confident the v2 has a character of its own relative to contrasts with other 'tables - it is very revealing and some may prefer/like the character of a less accurate 'table - but the differences it offers are such that the 'table is worth a listen to find out.
Edit - you asked about price. I don't know the price of the new design jig. I'll try to find out.