Avid acustus reference vs TW acustic raven AC3

I have an Acutus (ordering a new Acutus Reference these days) and find it difficult to understanding your problem with footfall. I have a suspended wood floor as well and have never had any problems crossing the floor, even if I can see the turntable move up and down when I step on the floor.

The platter should be parallell to the arm, but the older players had a higher "base" of the center spindel. I bought a new spindel for my turntable and the new one doesn't "bend" the LP as much, helping the LP stay parallell to the arm. (Sorry for my english).

Footfall issue was related to contruction of the house. Major problem with 70+yr old house I was in. In my currenly 12 yr old house, it is less of an issue.

thanks for your feedback, actually I have Jadis gear, JPS3 as phono preamp, JPS2 as line preamps and JA200 monoblock poweramps, with maggies 3.5. Which tonearm cartridges combinations would you recommend with the AC or AC3? I was thinking of a Breuer tonearm 10.5 inches with dynavector XV-1s or air tight PC1 or koetsu rosewood platinum but I am not sure yet. What would be best to have wide soundstage and airy highs like with the acutus?

If you go with the TW AC3 and Breuer, try an Allaerts cart. A couple of friends that I know run the Breuer with it and prefer it to the Xv-1s in that arm.

I have the Phantom 2, triplanar 7 and davinci. Carts owned include xv1T, PC1, Coralstone, ultraeminent, titan i; brief experience with PC1 supreme.

Davinci floats the soundstage best with more airy presentation. My favourite is ultraeminent BC from my sonic lab. Coralstone is a close second. PC1 is not bad if you can tolerate not having the most detailed presentation. Supreme is not worth the extra money for me.

No exp. with Breuer.

Jadis is very good gear. Used to have a 88S.