Brinkmann Bardo


I just replaced a Clearaudio Avantgarde Magnum with a Brinkmann Bardo. Both had the Phantom tonearm II.

Wondering if anyone else has bought this table and what their thoughts are?

My initial impressions are that it grabs your attention and does not let you wander off in thoughts as you listen to music. Maybe a little less open then the Clearaudio, but more grounded and solid as a result.
I definitely like it more than the Balance, which I found to be too "damped" and a bit boring to listen too.

I also felt that changing the arm to the Graham resulted in a more profound change and improvement to the character of the system than the table swap.
dbjain
It was all in fun.

The P3 is a terrific product.

And it saves a lot of time. If you listened to 8 album sides every day for a month, there would be a 46.8 minute surplus using Shane's P3 vs. the Bardo.

Enough time to read one of these useless threads.

:-)))
But the Bardo-user will be that much closer to knowing the meaning of life.
Hi,

I crudely measured the start up time to about 8 seconds. For me, ti is not a big deal; the belt table I had before was just as slow to start up and the speed change on this table is very good. The speed stability is pretty excellent.
Wjsamx

I've been following your replies about the dual eds motors on this thread and found them most informative ... I've been doing searches for a while and there's not that much info around on the eds motors.
I know this thread is about the Bardo but this seems like a good opportunity so hopefully I won't derail this thread too much.
I have the motor and electronics from a dual 701 and have been considering using them in a diy turntable.
Would you suggest any mods? or replacement of parts like capacitors on the small round board before proceeding further?
The main reason I'm contacting you is that I also have the motor & electronics from a revox dd and the motor looks almost the same as the dual except that the bottom is different and the electronics look somewhat more complicated.
My question then ... is the the Revox motor also a good ... or better? ... choice for a diy dd turntable?
Any advice would be much appreciated.