Continuum Caliburn - really the best TT on earth?

Stringreen, this is of course a statement and you maybe be very fast. My vintage Z8 will stay a little behind you...

Raul, to be honest: Raven, SME or Monaco do not push my emotions very much. They are good machines but what is so special regarding technological inventions?

Dear Thuchan: I name it only to say that there is no reason to buy one.

+++++ " but what is so special regarding technological inventions? " +++++

I read (m maybe I'm wrong or not read all about. ) what the manufacturer of the Caliburn has to say and I don't find nothing " special regarding technological inventions " either.

IMHO a technological invention ( any kind. ) is not always a synonymous of better quality performance but sometimes only " different " quality perfromance.

I'm a little confuse: what are you looking at: true better quality performance above/over what you own or a new technological TT invention?

Maybe the Cobra alone could give you a better performance that any of the good tonearms you own with any of your TTs and in the other side the Mónaco ( in many ways ) has " technologicals inventions " even that " dono push my emotions very much ".

Now, if what you move are more " emotions " than facts then IMHO you must go for what are pushing your " emotions ". At the end of the day it does not matters what any one of us think or try to help you but that you be happy and certainly our each one emotions and the way to achieve them is perhaps the most critical an important subject/target for you enjoy and be happy!!!

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

"The problem is, that words have nothing to do with reality."

This is the truth of the matter. There are those of us here who design turntables, and while we can expound on their merits endlessly, the best any of us can hope for is to find those who agree with our vision. There are many different techniques used to reach our goals, of course, but everything is subject to opinion.

The best advice is to seek out and audition those turntables which interest you because we have all been down that path to audio nirvana, only to feel the need to continue it a bit latter. Talk is cheap, so your ears need to make the decision, not some salesman or overly enthusiastic fa

Oops! The last of the sentence should have read "overly enthusiastic fan."

I suppose I suffer from an overly enthusiastic mouse finger because I posted before I finished writing. ;)

Win

Thuchan,

it's not a trifling thing to consider a product like a Caliburn. your comment that certain tt's "do not push my emotions very much" tells all. looking at your already formidable array of analog beauties which i'm sure you highly enjoy, what will it take to go to the 'next' level?......"to push my emotions"? you already have excellent tt's, but how to get to the top of the heap?

i can relate. although 7 years ago when i purchased my Sirius III there was less a question about 'top dog'. not that there was or ever will be universal agreement on performance with tt's. cars, or most anything.

what will be interesting will be to come back a year or so after your purchase decision and see how you then view things in terms of your other tt's. did it 'push your emotions?'

it's fun to see people who clearly are 'all-in' on the hobby pursue the best.

enjoy.