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Upgrade from TW Acustic Raven AC-3 to what?

I have had the TW turntable (with 10" Da Vinci Grandezza arm and Grandezza cartridge) for two years. I have been happy with this TT and can live with it for a long time although i wish it wasn't as dark sounding, that the soundstage could be more spacious and the bass tighter. The upgrade bug in me is wondering for 50K ore thereabout, is there a TT that is superlative over the TW? One that would end my upgrading itch for the next 10 years?
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dertonarm
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Using a rim drive will make all efforts for minimizing outside vibration coming towards the platter and thus towards the tracking process obsolete in one single move.
lewm
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Ain't that the truth. Funny how so many end users find the net result to be simpatico. I am an agnostic, haven't heard it. But I do love my own Lenco L75 with PTP in slate plinth. I am sure you have made an uninformed negative judgement of that as well.
ebm
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TW BLACK NIGHT!!
mosin
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"Ain't that the truth. Funny how so many end users find the net result to be simpatico. I am an agnostic, haven't heard it. But I do love my own Lenco L75 with PTP in slate plinth. I am sure you have made an uninformed negative judgement of that as well."

Careful Lew. I believe we are standing in the shadow of a 21st Century Tesla here. ;)
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alectiong OP
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Hi Ebm, why Black Knight? I haven't heard it but is it fundamentally different from Raven AC in some ways that a cow (albeit a very good one...no intended disrespect to other Raven AC owners please) has become a racing horse? my little dissatifaction with the Raven AC is that in my set up with the associated equipment and TT isolation and room acoustics etc, is that it sounds a little too thick and muscular in tonality, has accentuated mids with a mid bass hump, is darkish sounding, has not as spacious soudstage than I wish for, and the separation of images during complex passages of a full orchestra could be better. Perhaps other Raven AC users dont have these problems, i dont know.
I am trying out some tweaks suggested by postings above. Hope they will help.
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