Well Tempered Labs Record Player, thoughts on a used one?

@mr_m 

Thank you for the input.

The one I am looking at has the paddle in silicon not the golf ball.

But I would think the family sound is the same and set up very similar.

Just getting my mindset wrapped around the whole idea and concept after knowing nothing but conventional designs.

Mind some would say my present Nottingham TT is odd when you have to spin the platter up to speed by hand as motor is very low torque. 

Might be a very interesting comparison.

I replaced a Spacedeck with the original Amadeus. I can say that the WT made the Nott sound broken.......

Oz

was hoping mr_m would weigh in

;-)

have fun, enjoy the music for sure

I owned a WTRP for a while, standard platter, black armtube, round motor. The arm is very versatile, as you can vary the depth of the silicone to accommodate different cartridges. I even put an armwrap on it and used it with a Denon DL103. I also put an extra half twist in the suspension lines to cut down on the anti-skating, which great improved the sound for high compliance cartridges.

My biggest issue with the WTRP was finding suitable belts. The cheap ones were too stretchy, and that caused both some speed variation and the occasional platter wobble that some talk about. The really good belts from George at Stanalog had no stretch and worked great, but they were $50 a pop and I believe George is out of business. Not sure if there's a current source for the good belts.

Bottom line is that the WTRP is awesome when it's hitting on all cylinders, but there are a lot of variables that have to be right. Definitely a rite of passage for all who desire to be educated in The Way of the Turntable.   :-)
If you get it and it doesn't come with manuals, I have them in PDF format and would be happy to email them to you.

I believe you can get belts from Origin live. The square motor helped if belt stretched, you could just slide motor out a little to tighten belt. Round motor is contained so no sliding motor. If I can find his number I know a guy with a reference for $1500.