Thoughts on the EAT C series tables

Have you tried an SUT in to the Monbrison. The Orpheus is supposed to be a wonderful cartridge... I tried several SUT's, and direct in to a Monbrison when I owned it. This was using a Koetsu, so my opinion should be taken with extra grains of salt.... The SUT's in general, provided more force/drive than direct in to the Shindo/Lundahls. This was my findings with Koetsu anyway. Five years is a long time in audio years, and we all get the itch every so often, but I'm skeptical about doing better than the Amadeus for under 5K for table/arm. There was a great price on a Kuzma Ref here at one point recently, but it was over $3K sans arm. 

Interesting that you mention the SUT.  About a year ago I got a great deal on an Auditorium 23 SUT (not the Homage unfortunately), the one for very low output cartridges (so the one that matches best to the Orpheus).  I tried it as an experiment expecting the difference to be fairly minor but it was significant so I kept it.  Most noticeably it enlarged the soundstage and enhanced the separation between the images and the clarity/definition of each image in the mix.  

It did intriduce a small amount of background hum that no amount of fiddling with cables or grounds could get rid of, but the hum is small and it stops as soon as the needle hits the record, so not a big deal. 

Honestly my system is singing nicely these days and I think I should probably keep the Amadeus.  But you know how it goes with the itch.  

For an excellent bargain my dealer has been selling the EAT C-Sharp w/white trim. Eat decided not to make anymore white trim. However you get the TT for $3500 w/the Jo No5 cart. Excellent cart. 

Who is your dealer? Thanks!

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