TW Acustic Raven One owners

I have to disagree slightly here........I mounted a $5000 ZYX Universe on my 30 year old Rega Planar 3 with Hadcock GH228 unipivot arm (total price 30 years ago $375) and the resultant sound was one of the 4 revelations of my audio life.
I now have it mounted in a DaVinci 12" Ref Grandezza arm on a Raven AC-3 turntable and appreciate the sound of the Universe to no greater degree than before?
Of course one might say that the Rega 3 and Hadcock arm were not "chopped liver"?.......but they are still available today at reasonable prices.

Hi Mark/Stiltskin,

Really looking forward to pairing the Phantom and the Raven 1 this year and I will definitely get a MintLp. Judging the feedbacks from you and Gabriele, it's well worth
the trouble for very minimal outlay.

Both Ortofon 309D and 309S 12 inch arms sounds like good pairing with Raven 1 or AC from a few users here.It would be next choice if i didn't already have a deposit down for the other arm.

Halcro,
The way i read it,it sounds like putting the top of the range Dynavector cartridge on the Raven AC-3/12 inch Da Vinci is no more sweeter than your 30 yrs old Rega Planar 3 combination which is kind of surprising. W
Very nice system BTW.

Thanks Jaspert,
Don't get me wrong?.......the sound of my system with the Raven AC-3 plus DaVinci and Copperhead arms is of course far more revealing and competent than with the Rega 3/Hadcock combination.
The point I was trying to make is that the beauty of an expensive cartidge can often be fully appreciated (at least in my case), with a cheap turntable and arm.
It may not be the universal recommendation?......but it also should not be universally condemned?

Halcro,
Perhaps you did experience a sonic revelation with your 30 year old Rega 3 table and Hadcock tonearm.

Who's to say you didn't....If only it was that simple for everyone.

Great choice of arms btw, gotta be just fantastic.

Jaspert the Ortofon arm are a well suited choice and proven with both model's of Raven's as the Phantom's are.

Wait till you take delivery of your Phantom arm, pictures do NOT do it justice.

Jeff Mr. high water set me up good.
the Raven one with a new ortofon 12 inch.
then what i asked for was something of a gamble because nether one of us was familiar with a Decca jubilee MM.the golden cart that kicks butt.
it delivers reality and its kind of actual like mono but has freshness to the max the way the best stereo does.
its just so secure on the ravens dead quite perfect silk smooth toque that seems as sure and seamless as the earths rotation.
the other arm is just good but mostly holding its spot until another ship comes in its a jelco with a zu 102 denon mono cart and we thought it was really good until we lowered the Decca.
its set up in a small living room with my leben 300 12 watt integrated and a English made Puresound MM phono stage and horn shop single drivers.