I have never heard the AS. I have heard and enjoyed the sound of the Woodpecker with Kuzma arm. I believe it was a 12" Unipivot. I eventually bought a Stabi Ref2 with the Gimbal Ref 313 VTA arm, and I'm quite happy. Being that you're looking at non suspended tables, the Stabi R may be a future consideration. It seems to me like the Kuzma tables have not caught on like their arms in the US. That's just my observation, as I have no sales numbers to back it up. Of course Franc didn't have a table in the $5-8K range until 2018 when the R was introduced. I ordered my Stabi Ref 2 blind, and have to say it looks a lot better than in does in photos. For some reason, photos don't do the table any justice.
