"We will never see a lightweight TT nor an unsuspended one, with a platter less than 30-50 lbs coming anywhere near the point of closing the book on TT nor approaching its true frontiers.
As we all will see - as they will come and go in half years turn.
The same they have done so for the past 40+ years in high-end."
You misread my comments - my turntable is the Final Audio Parthenon - 25kg+ platter, massive bearing and composite gunmetal rigid plinth and armboards, along with massive motor using power regeneration and power amp for the motor. If you do a search on the net you will find that the top brinkmann's etc are still catching up to my turntable which was built in the 70's. Final used to "upgrade" the big micro's as well as build their own turntable. I dont like the SP10 mkiii just said it was the best dd I've heard. And yes I've had the air bearing tables, arms and moved on. I seem to be sensitive to speed stability, timing and compression - dont want a rose tinted front end with timing issues.
As we all will see - as they will come and go in half years turn.
The same they have done so for the past 40+ years in high-end."
You misread my comments - my turntable is the Final Audio Parthenon - 25kg+ platter, massive bearing and composite gunmetal rigid plinth and armboards, along with massive motor using power regeneration and power amp for the motor. If you do a search on the net you will find that the top brinkmann's etc are still catching up to my turntable which was built in the 70's. Final used to "upgrade" the big micro's as well as build their own turntable. I dont like the SP10 mkiii just said it was the best dd I've heard. And yes I've had the air bearing tables, arms and moved on. I seem to be sensitive to speed stability, timing and compression - dont want a rose tinted front end with timing issues.