Airtangent vs Kuzma airline

Hello Edward,
The table was demoed with 4 arms in Frankfurt(not Munich), about 2 months ago. Each of them had a different cartridge and was running into a different phonostage. Only once did he compare arm cart combinations using the same phonostage. Anyone drawing definite conclusions about the quality of a single component(arm, cart or phonostage) in the chain must have Palladium ears AND beat Sherlock Holmes in deductive reasoning ;-)
The sets were chosen by Mr. Woschnik based on his previous experiences and listening bias to each make for a particularly synergistic combo.

Cheerio,

Frank

Yes, but in this Set Up the best and most expensive Cartridge and electronics was connected to the Schroeder Arm and all other Arms had no comparable cartridges and phono stages. It was only possible to say, this or that is better or not in general.

Thomas,

What happened to your TW Acustics Raven????

Dear Thomas,
I may be wrong, but the cartridge in the Triplanar was a MySonicLab, which isn't cheaper, but more expensive than the Dyna XV-1s(certainly true when you compare the "street" prices).
The DaVinci was used with a Dyna XX-2, less expensive than the XV-1s, but mechanically and sound-balance wise a better match than the XV-1s(IMHO).
The Tron Seven was an unknown entity even to me(though I've known Graham Tricker's excellent work for many years)and it too isn't more expensive than the Klyne or the Pass XONO which were the other partnering phonostages(all depending upon the export markets in question).
Only the Jelco arm with a Denon DL103 plus the Whest phonostage can be considered of "lesser" quality(but not bad by any means...) and cost.
Again, these were Mr. Woschniks choices, not mine.... ;-)

All the best,

Frank

Frank, yes, I got a mail from Mr. Woschnick about the Set Ups, I will copy it here for info:
Triplanar + My Sonic Lab + Xono
Schröder SQ + XV1S + Tron Seven
Da Vinci + XX2 + Whest Audio P20
Jelco Vivid 2 + DL 103R + Klyne 6 Phono

all the best
Thomas