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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 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.

thuchan OP
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Dear Nandric,
not caring about TTs is a position of extravagance you are taking. I know you are provoking a bit. May I propose you are going for a very good table and put your tonearms and carts on it. You might then return and tell me about your new life :-)
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nandric
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Dear Thuchan , I called my attitude about TT's an ''deviation'' and

not ''extravagance''. From your comment I need to deduce that my

Kuzma Stabi Reference and my SP 10,mk 2 are ''mediocre'' TT's.

Well as I stated in the ''other thread'' I have no intention nor the

means to compite with you or Raul.

thuchan OP
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Dear Nandric,
It's not about competing. We want make you happy :-). Your TTs are good tables but not in the top range. Anyway it is only a suggestion. You do not need following us but do not minimize the importance of a good drive. It's where it all starts...
lewm
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OK, so the suspense is killing me, Thuchan. WHY indeed will no other turntable beat the EMT 927?  After 9 pages of responses, surely we must be closer to the answer, even if we are no closer to the question.
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