Silent, no.
Without motor hum, yes.
There's no reason why I should have to deal with motor vibrations on an almost $100,000 turntable setup when there are no such audible artifacts on a $400 Chinese-made Audio-Technica.
Obviously the Chinese table doesn't sound as good, but still.
Yes, the stethoscope is used only to verify the sound I hear through it is the exact same sound and frequency I hear through the phono stage and where it is coming from.
I´d demand a full refund and ditch AS all together
IMO
You should get a full refund for the monies you have paid out to date for either the first or second TT (whichever value is the greatest).That's part of the issue; I no longer have the table the dealer sold me as the distributor kindly allowed me to upgrade to a more expensive table/tonearm in exchange for the hassle, and of course had zero idea that the problem would still exist given the manufacturer's declaration that the issue had been solved.
So, to use my former example, (and taking into account that you can't exchange cars) if I had say a transmission issue with a Porsche Cayman S, and Porsche allowed me to upgrade to a 911 for my trouble, but I found it had the same issue because Porsche shared the transmission between both cars, I could hardly expect the dealer I purchased the Cayman from to give me a full or almost full refund for the purchase price of a 911.
If the manufacturer can't fix it, I suppose I can try and work for a refund through the distributor, but that's probably the best I could do (or see if the distributor would give me a refund for the upgrade and ask the dealer for a refund for the original purchase.)
I would go with the current Technics SP10R with a custom made plinth and tonearm of your choice rather than the current 'plug and play' all in Technics SL-1000R.Thanks, I'm working on it.
After all this as mentioned I may just go with an SL-1000R and call it a day.
Bill, you mean after you get your (full/partial) refund, or you're going to totally write off this purchase?Thanks, I'm working on it.
After all this as mentioned I may just go with an SL-1000R and call it a day.
Hi Bill, I would also seriously consider the Kuzma range of TTs and Tonearms.I am going to work hard to get a refund if they can't fix the issue.
I can't afford to just write off the table as a loss, and after all this I don't know if I have the stomach to play in the ultra high-end turntable market anymore, which is why my two "fallback" tables have always been the SL-1000R and the VPI Avenger Direct.
Don’t worry Peter, not American Sound
Don’t worry Peter, not American Sound
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