@rauliruegas,
Please do not bring me back into this conversation. But, for the record, this is what I said about the SAT:
"However, from my perspective as someone with an engineering background, this table is not breaking any new state of the art. The motor is a modified Technics; the base is a modified Minus-K isolation platform and as far as the plinth, magnesium alloy has been known for over 50 years to provide superior damping qualities....But the review does indicate that a lot of machining was done in Switzerland by the same group that machines parts for Hasselblad (that has a $48K camera w/o lens). So, it is an object where no expense was been spared.
It would have been nice to know how much benefit did the modified Minus-K base provided...Otherwise, the design is very compact and compared to others could be very appealing, especially those that already have a SAT arm. Is this table going to be trickle-down - no; the primary technologies - the motor, the base, the plinth are all tried and true - but not necessarily together. And, it is entirely possible that the table & arm form a ’magical’ synergy that the whole exceeds the sum of the parts and it sounds awesome.".
Otherwise for a blast from the past - here is the Audio 1985 review of the Technics SP -10MK3 TURNTABLE - Audio-1985-02.pdf (worldradiohistory.com). Â
Please do not bring me back into this conversation. But, for the record, this is what I said about the SAT:
"However, from my perspective as someone with an engineering background, this table is not breaking any new state of the art. The motor is a modified Technics; the base is a modified Minus-K isolation platform and as far as the plinth, magnesium alloy has been known for over 50 years to provide superior damping qualities....But the review does indicate that a lot of machining was done in Switzerland by the same group that machines parts for Hasselblad (that has a $48K camera w/o lens). So, it is an object where no expense was been spared.
It would have been nice to know how much benefit did the modified Minus-K base provided...Otherwise, the design is very compact and compared to others could be very appealing, especially those that already have a SAT arm. Is this table going to be trickle-down - no; the primary technologies - the motor, the base, the plinth are all tried and true - but not necessarily together. And, it is entirely possible that the table & arm form a ’magical’ synergy that the whole exceeds the sum of the parts and it sounds awesome.".
Otherwise for a blast from the past - here is the Audio 1985 review of the Technics SP -10MK3 TURNTABLE - Audio-1985-02.pdf (worldradiohistory.com). Â
