Well Tempered Signature turntable and arm


Hello,
since yesterday i have a Well Tempered Signature turntable with matching tonearm.
Unfortunatelly there are so little informations about this product.
The only source for me is on vinylengine.com, from the seller and from an ad reputedly of 1989, but i am not shure if some of these informations are correct:

- prduction date: at the latest from 1989 till at least 1995
- 50 pieces made
- more expensive than WT Reference
- it should be exposed in the Museum of Modern Arts in NY (but i have just found the Well Tempered chair by Ron Arad, sic!)

Have you any correct informations about this nice turntable?

Maybe any cartridge recommendations? I will try my Decca / London Reference Cartridge and DV XV-1s, i think both of them match it quite good.
breezer
"01-02-12: Dover
I owned the original Well Tempered years ago, and sold and set up quite a few over the years. The latest golfball version is a joke. It is simply an exercise of how to reduce the manufacturing costs and claim it's better. I would rather have the original. By the way they released the Well Tempered player - a cheaper version of the original, and that was junk as well. The Signature is the best by miles, followed in my view by the original."

I owned an original "classic" WTT and then a WTR.. That was quite a while back. I now own the Well Tempered Amadeus and can assure you and the rest of the world that the WTA is head and shoulders above the old designs. The thing just gets out of the way and makes music with little or no sensation that it's coming from a turntable.

Older/used Well Tempered products have become something akin to "white elephants". I see people asking close or even more for them than it would cost to acquire the new WTA - and that is a bad deal. Add to that the fact the the older tables are not supported by the company - Stanalog - that acquired the rights to produce/service the old stuff.. BAD DEAL ALL THE WAY AROUND.
I am very sorry but I have just noticed your post for the first time.

I actually owned two Well Tempered Signature turntables for several years. Sold the last one in 2005.

Astonishingly good tables.

If you are still interested - send an e-mail through A'gon.

Julian
It's true the higher up the dollar ladder you go with a Well Tempered Turntable the nicer they get. Still, I would challenge anybody to actually tell the difference in models, including your Signature, under normal listening conditions and volumes. As a huge fan of the product I envy your find. Very nice indeed.

Bill Firebaugh once assembled a table out of junk materials at a trade show. He used a golf ball for the arm paddle. I'm told he felt it was a better shape and texture than the original flat paddle.

The carbon Well Tempered arms were sand filled which made them slightly heavier than the metal arms. There are various arm tower designs which in the end do the job.

IMO the most significant upgrades were the black platter, large reference clamp, and the replacement for the original square motor. The Reference arm was simply easier to adjust.

Mr. Firebaugh proved that a Well Tempered even made of junk will better many mechanical tables costing much more.
Julian!!!

I found you again. This is Mohan Shivdasani. Sorry for the less than spectacular lunch in a town, on the Alababe border, that I cannot remember. How are you?

I still have the table and the Benz, and it has given me many hours of beautiful sound. Unfortunately I have forgotten your knowledge on fine tuning the arm.

I hope your well. I will try and reach out to you through Audiogon to catch-up.

Mohan