Well Tempered Amadeus

Great!

Hi Chashas1,I have one more set up question,did you set Overhang(i saw the Well tempered blog ,and they say the 'overhang' is 0.5 inches but i can't adjust that)?or just set the cartridge parallel to the lines on the protractor is Ok?thanks

anybody can help me?

I have no firsthand experience, Samtse, but I've read a good deal about the Amadeus, and from what I understand, you're not supposed to align the cartridge in the traditional sense. Rather, you just affix the cartridge to the fixed headshell. No adjustment is advised. Is this not the case?
-Bob

Samtse, I don't believe there is any adjustment for overhang on the Amadeus. The unit I auditioned just had holes in the headshell not slots.

Baranyi, I heard side by side a VPI Classic and Well Tempered Amadeus at a dealer in Seattle. The comparison was not completely fair because the Classic had a Dynavector 20xl and the Amadeus a Karat 17d3.

I preffered the sound of the Amadeus with the Karat. The difference in sound was exactly like the discriptions of the two different cartrides I have read online. The 20xl had great bass but is a little closed in sounding on top.
The 17d3 is more open sounding and the bass is less strong.

So I think both tables are great but I bought the VPI because the dealer was selling the demo to get the newest version. Also it is nice to have a tonearm lift. The lack of overhang adjustment on the Amadeus is not a good thing IMO. I did like that you could adjust azimuth on the fly on the Amadeus though.

I'm using a van den Hul Frog on my Classic now and it sounds great. Very open sounding with solid bass.

Cheers,

Sean