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TW Acustic Raven One owners

Hello Guys,

I have bought one month ago a TW Acustic Raven One and I have mounted a new Michell Tecnoarm I'm breaking-in with my Grado Statement Master 0.4mv cartridge
I'm very happy about the TW , for me it's a great TT telling the true not the best looking TT but surely one of the good sounding out of there.
Speaking about the arm since it was a new one and I haven't finished to break-in (only 40 hours done) I can only say it smells like a good sounding arm .. expecially good silver cabled

What your arm on this TT? .. and how about your experiences about Raven One - Arm combo?

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Happy New Vinyl Year to EveryOne!

Gabriele
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jdolgin
82 posts
 
I've had my Raven one for about 1 year.
I use the Graham phantom arm and Dynavector XX2MkII.
I could not be happier. A perfect match that makes real music. I can't imagine a better match.....weeellll, maybe a cartridge upgrade when the XX2 is "done"

Enjoy and be confident it really dosen't get much better.
stiltskin
499 posts
 
Hello all....

Jasper,
Your going to love the Graham Phantom, set up and fine adjustments is a dream to work with.

This arm on the Raven One is "Killer"

If you are not aware, ONE of the very best set up tool's on the Planet for your cartridge is the MintLp arc protractor at MintLp.com.

Specifically made for your table, inexpensive, laboratory precision made tool , well thought out, easy to use with Excellent instruction's, quick fantastic support if needed and free quick shipping from Hong Kong.

Minting your cartridge WILL FLOOR YOU with the enormous improvement in performance over and above the excellent supplied Graham set up jig's.

All for a $100.00 plus and some patience from you.

Much has been said here on Audiogon.
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curio OP
305 posts
 
I totally agree with Stiltskin about MintLP Tractors .. I'm a Mint addict :-)
stiltskin
499 posts
 
One other fact that I would like to share that is pretty much common knowledge among experienced people within this hobby.
However once in a while I see this costly mistake made time and time again.
In fact I made this mistake myself many years ago.

Most recently here on Audiogon a fellow member has mounted a Dynavector XV-1 on a run of the mill tonearm that retails for $700.00.

In fact the retail price of this very good cartridge alone is more then his entire front end.

Any superb tonearm with any decent cartridge mounted on it will far out play ANY mediocre tonearm with any of the popular expensive cartridges of today.
david12
1,454 posts
 
After discussing with Thomas at TW, I went for an Ortofon 309S and am very happy with it, mounting a Zyx Airy 3. I don't think it is far off the ultimate arms, at a fraction of the price. My Raven 1 came with stock Millenium feet and I find Standard, not OEM stillponts, a big improvement, even with a wall shelf.
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