Sirius and Walker

you might want to pm member mikelavigne, who owned a rockport for quite a while and has heard/owned most other bleeding edge tables and arms.

Or Albertporter; he heard them both too.

Hi Dan,

Two very different takes on vinyl. They are not close in any way that I hear.

I prefer the pace, timing and clarity of the Rockport. There is a solidity that I do not hear with the Walker. This is not meant in any way as a slight on the Walker, it is just a different approach and to my ears, direct drive, properly implemented, cannot be touched by most belt drive systems

I really like Lloyd and he works very hard at making his turntable sound great and I have heard the Walker sound magical, but the Rockport approach is much more elegant and simpler and that, to me, transfers sonically.

Regards,

Jonathan

Jtinn, can you think of any belt drive design that could touch Rockport? I am just curious.

Inna: Good question. At times I have heard the Continuum Caliburn surpass the sound of the Rockport and at other times, it did not sound close. I would definitely consider it right there or even possibly better.

Other than the Continuum, I have not heard a belt drive that comes close.