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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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I assume that Thuchan owned or owns the must TT's among us.

The reason is simple; he can afford many.

So he can state : ''from all TT's which I owned the the best is

EMT 927''. However there is a diffrence between ''all turntables''

and ''turntables owned by Thuchan''. The so called ''set paradoxes''

occur when the set in casu is either to large or not well specify (grin).

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pbnaudio
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Well  :-)

http://pbnaudio.com/audio-turntables/vintage-direct-professional/dn308


Good Listening


Peter
thuchan OP
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Peter,
I have seen the original Denon 308 "in live". Just a very impressive instrument, full of electronics - which was part of the time then. Your integration of the DD motor in your new chassis is a good effort, only the tonearms wouldn`t be my first choice :-)

Owning a perfect Denon 100M I regard the DD motor as one of the 1st important parts.

Best
E.

thuchan OP
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Nandric,

Affording is the one thing, but what you make out of the components is the other. All Turntables owned by me - good! We may agree on this, but pls. look on my page...

Best
E.
thuchan OP
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Lohanimal,
thanks for your assessment of my page. Agree that people have a different listening approach or let`s say preferences. Among many of my friends are enjoying vintage systems. They do not care about the sometimes missing bass which is ok when you are listening to some forms of Jazz etc.
Regarding the Dartzeel I am using the CTH-8550 in my bedroom system. BTW I do agree with Mike Fremer who is using the big mono blocks in his solid state based system. I have never heard a better sound from a solid state system than with the Dartzeels. In my big system I am using a tube based approach.

Best
E.
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