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Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927?

Having owned many good turntables in my audiophile life I am still wondering why not one of the modern designs of the last 20 years is able to beat the sound qualities of an EMT 927.
New designs may offer some advantages like multiple armboards, more than one motor or additional vibration measurements etc. but regarding the sound quality the EMT is unbeatable!
What is the real reason behind this as the machine is nearly 60 years old, including the pre-versions like the R-80?
thuchan
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nandric
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Dear Thuchan, I own two TT's: Kuzma Stabi Reference and SP-10,

mk 2 . I am not able to hear any difference between them. I also

think that nobody can hear any difference between my SP-10

and any other TT irrespective of the price. I am willing to bet for

$1000 with whom ever about my statement. ''Blind test'' of course

assumed.

pryso
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nandric, I agree you have two very fine tables and most hobbyists would be completely happy with either one.

Years ago after the Kuzma products became available in the US I wanted to buy a Stabi Reference but could not afford one.  So I bought a standard Stabi (oak plinth with heavy oak and glass lid) along with a Stogi Reference arm.  I felt it was very well engineered and built and so enjoyed the performance.  However I wanted to utilize various cartridges and the Kuzma system with the fixed headshell and no accommodation for a second arm didn't lend itself to that.  So I sold it and bought a SP-10 Mk 2A and soon after a EPA-100 arm and MicroSeiki MA 505S arm.
 

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nandric
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Hi Pryso, Thanks to Raul and his ''MM thread'' I accumulated so

many carts that swiching them in my Kuzma/Triplanar combo become

a very frustrating activity. ' Some ' Aussie advised to

use my FR-64 with removable headshell instead. But the price of

a new Kuzma (arm) base was nearly as expensive as an SP-10

so I bought this TT instead. I hardly use my Kuzma since (grin).

pryso
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Yes, I can blame Raul as well for a larger collection of cartridges and wanting to be able to interchange them easily. ;^)
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nandric
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Dear Thuchan, I needed some time to answer to your assumption.

I was not able to find any other way out than to confess. As a

analogue freak I have this (serious) ''deviation''. I don't care about

TT's. That is why I , in contradistiction to , say, Lewm,  own just two

of those. I am  more ''in love''  with carts and tonearms and own

a pretty nice collections of both.

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