No offense at all, 4yanx. I understood what you meant and what the point of your question was. Macrojack is correct that the word humiliated can have a malicious connotation, but it also means humbled, which is the meaning I had in mind. I do accept that it may have sounded a bit sensational of me to use that word so that's why I suggested humbled. Enough with the semantics. :)
I went in expecting to hear a difference very much along the same lines as what 4yanx's describes. That is, I expected to hear a small difference but more on the lines of a cartridge swap. But the difference was much more profound. Perhaps this is because we don't often hear this level of change in the tempo of music reproduction. There is also, I believe, much more brass used in the platter so it is not the same as just taking a 320 and installing a direct drive motor. Again, this could help explain the obvious increase in dynamics along with the Reference arm and Universe. I was having too much fun just listening to enguage Chris in a detailed discussion.
I agree that CB's accomplishments don't prove that DD is the only true path to perfection and I can't say how the sound of the 380 might compare with a Walker or Rockport, etc. Perhaps the difference between a 360 and 380 is less profound but I suspect that the increase in snap alone will easily seperate the 380 from the other Teres models.
