I sold my VPI Avenger after getting an Artisan Fidelity 301 Classic. I have been working on it over the past couple years upgrading it piece by piece. The table is a couple pieces away from the Statement Level. After getting to the Statement level I would like to try the Acoustical Systems Special Decouple Platter (SDP). My goal is to maintain the drive of the idler and get near belt like quietness. At this point the table is more of an ultimate performance quest than a value proposition. Its fun too with a sense pride in ownership. |
I don’t care about modern turntables at all, 99% of them are so ugly that i don’t want to use them even for free, also i would like to avoid belt drive and idler drive as well. The prices for modern turntables are insane, except for the new Technics. All i need is direct drive like Luxman PD-444 and Victor TT-101. There are many more things to improve, but those turntables are so good that i don’t even what to think about replacement. Yesterday i’ve watched this video from Capital Audiofest and recognized that people at Zu Audio also uses Luxman PD-444 with low power First Watt SIT amps and their super high sensitive Druid mk6 speakers with full range drivers. I believe these guys could use any modern turntable, but they are uzing the Luxman PD-444. I have no idea why do we need those $30k modern belt drive turntables if we have DD like Luxman for under $3k designed for two tonearms? |
