The Palladian-A step beyond

Nandric,

*** ''the counselor'' which post ''do not help (his) friend''

is public so everyone is entitled to comment. As a ''counsellor'' I don't think that your witness (aka Raul) will make your post very convincing. Your pretended neutrality regarding Dertonarm is also not very convincing because of your insinuations that Dertoarm is a ''moral sociopath''. But more to the point is the fact that you has nothing to say about my arguments. This is usual in your reactions to my post. You deed not deny to have never seen or used any of Dertonarms products. What value should we put on your comments on his products then? Then I mentioned ''craftsmanship'' in the context of your interpretation of intellectual property. I teached intelllectul property for 30 years. I even mentioned ''know how'' which in no way imply patent as such . You also deed not deny my statement that Dertonarm is a professional manufacturer while you and Raul are amateurs. I hope for you that you will be never involved in whatever lawsuit without an councellor . With your kind of ''argumentation''  you will have no chance.***

Once again, what's the point, to dig a deeper hole for Brakemeier?

Raul is not the witness. He pointed the way to a 10 page indictment on What's Best Forum. Can you defend against it?  Those posts seem credible to me, but if you have evidence to the contrary.....

My "insinuations" were the logical conclusion of the moral aspect of the thread.  That was stated clearly in "looks like ..."

On the AS web site intellectual property is claimed for uni din.  LOL

I don't believe that past mistakes or problems should necessarily be held against someone. That's why I suggested to Raul that he might like the sound of AS carts, and the Palladian should be judged on its merits.

Want more bad publicity for Acoustical Systems?  That's what the court of public opinion is about.

Fleib, I try to understand what you said about assessments and image of AS. You are refering to a WBf thread. why don't you mention the critical acclaims  and awards of AS in Japan, Germany, China etc.?

Dear @fleib : """ 
I read a post somewhere that claimed, the CA protractor is flawed because the line of alignment to the arm pivots is incorrect  ...""""

and the Ortofon protractor is not better that than the CA. It's obvious that if any one makes a comparison against any accurate protractor as MINT LP, Freikfert or the smartractor all these wins showing lower overall distortion levels: not big deal. As I said very clever to puts in his site taking advantage of our ignorance level on that regards. 


"""  I think this cart should be judged on its merits. You might have a hard time convincing Acoustical Systems cartridge owners that their ears are deceiving them. """

First I don't want to convince cartridge owners when any one likes what they like according their music/sound ignorance levels. In the other sideI like to use common sense and let me explain about that " cartridge merits ":

any flagship LOMC cartridge in the market was voiced for its " manufacturer " and this premise always is a fact.
Now, he voiced the Palladian according with his personal " bible " he used over the years to " evangelize " every kind of audiophiles ( as the ones in his bandwagon. ) and you can read in very precise way what is write in that " bible ":

FR 66 ( as a fact he came to Agon as a " covered " FR seller ), FR 7 cartridge line ( the same. ), SUT ( seller of Jensen transformers. ), tubes and somewhere in the time horns and Orsonic headshell.

All that is what he touted here and everywhere ( he prepared the " land " with time. Clever. ). All those products are knowed today to generate higher distortions that other kind of designs.

He is accustomed to that kind of sound quality inferior level. Please tell me how could be that that voiced by him cartridge can sounds totally different?, no way. Even his " boys " that owns that cartridge confirm it with his reviews and comments about.

His real merit is that he has audio items on sale under AS company where he is the owner.

Btw, did you know that he is knowed as the audio items " copy-cat "?:


I  think his first product on sale was the headshell with the VTA/SRA mechanism that he presented as something " unique ": well that headshell has the Orsonic basic type " platform " but more " interesting " is that in reality is nothing unique on the VTA headshell mechanism.

The first true unique headshell with VTA/SRA mechanism was made it by the TT designers/manufacturer Dual ( this is a Dual's invent. ), very easy to use. This was many many years ago, you can see it here ( btw, before Dual cartridge AKG manufacturer invented the VTA/SRA mechanism direct in the cartridge body it its all time flagship model: AKG P100  LE. ):

https://www.google.com.mx/search?q=dual+vta+headshell&rlz=1C2LEND_enMX569MX569&biw=1600&...


the @bluewolf phono stage ( tubes/SUT. ) is a precise copy of an old French design.

One of his " boys " Eckart posted that he and Dietrich were in Eckart speakers design and manufacture of it. That design was and is a horns one and is a copy of a very well regarded UK propietary speaker designer/builder. 
Many of us here can remember this because some one posted the Eckart speaker picture ( Eckart was so proud that he posted his speaker picture. ) and the picture of the UK original today design!!!!

Now, we can see how easy is to make money taking advantage of each one ignorance level and good faith.

No problem with that, it happens in audio and in almost any kind of business.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.