Dear
@thuchan : """ I believe that the Continuum tonearms are not only rare animals but among the best sounding tonearms ever designed. """
Six years ago in this same thread and when you were looking for advice about the Continuum TT that " moved " your emotions to make the " voyage " after a CES I posted:
""" Maybe the Cobra alone could give you a better performance that any of the good tonearms you own with any of your TTs ........
Now, if what you move are more " emotions " than facts then IMHO you must go for what are pushing your " emotions """
""" No one here yet address the fact that the Cobra tonearm has a " weight " in the Continuum overall performance, more than what we can imagine. """
""" No, I did not but seems to me by its designs that maybe the most important " weight " in the overall Caliburn performance comes/culprit by the Cobra tonearm... """
""" Maybe could be interesting to test the Caliburn with out its dedicated rack-stand and with out the Cobra to find out or to be nearest to the stand alone real TT quality performance. """
After those posts you answered me:
""" Raul, I was going the path you followed and considered bying the Cobra tonearm... """
but " emotions win the " battle " and you gone for the Continuum TT/tonearm.
Why am I addressing these? because the Caliburn? , not really but because what I posted years before this thread and before other gentlemans in this forum ever addressed: that the single most important partner of any single cartridge is the tonearm and not the TT and you ( some way or the other ) just confirm it.
Yes, the Cobra is a very good tonearm and not easy to beat. Good too that you recognize that.
MF has different " preferences " but is magazine biased and that's why the comments of @halcro in this regard.
Btw, I'm not saying that TT is not important because it's but has a different importance weight in the overall cartridge quality performance. Maybe even the Phonolinepreamp is more important in the LP analog experiences.
Good to hear from you again.
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.
