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i would like to address two points of this post.

First, George, why don't you e-mail Chris Brady and ask him?

Second, I think it should be the other way around. The audio magazines should ask a number of similar turntable vendors to submit samples for a comparison, much like the Road & Track does for specific types of automobiles. Ratings are meaningless unless they are placed in an appropriate context.
The typical audiophile can't bring together 4 or 5 turntables to evaluate, and the odds are no dealer can do that either. Along the same lines the same inability exists with cartridges, tone arms, cables, etc. etc.

IMO, the magazines have had a free ride for years and years, reviewing products that the vendor provides at his or her cost. I need an resource that will evaluate and provide me information to make a sound decision as what products represent value and what products will work best in my system.

"Art's reference, the LP12, by the way, beat the Supreme in one area: PRaT."

What if I bring my creature on steroids? Ouch!

The heading originally was: Is the Teres a "B" in the Stereophile ranking? - don't know what happened to it!

Anyway, click on the site to see how it looks like: www.galibierdesign.com

Regards,
George

1. Teres has a 4-6 month backlog with no letdown in sight.

2. AFAIK, CB has expressed no interest in altering his vision for Teres. He prefers an activity level he can manage as an enthusiast. Running Teres is not his job, it's his hobby.

Unless one or both of those conditions changes, it's difficult to think of any reason for CB to court the mainstream mags. Teres doesn't need more exposure to meet or exceed its stated mission: to provide high end TT's at price/performance points that beat the mainstream competition. Not being a publically held corporation, unfettered growth need not be part of that mission.

George,

I don't think that Teres turntables and the Supreme should be considered similar designs. They both have DC motors, but very different controllers and even different Maxon motors. The bearings have some shared concepts but they diverge in both manufacturing and materials. Where the turntables are miles apart is in material choices. I have experimented with both aluminum and hardwoods and these materials produce vastly different results. So while there is some limited design commonality and common roots, sonic'ly they are nothing alike.

Not to nit-pick, but "the Teres" is kind of a meaningless term. There is a huge difference between a Teres model 135 and a 340.

So, why no Teres review? Well, two reasons 1) Nobody from Stereophile has asked. 2) If they asked I would most likely decline. It's a bit difficult to see how a review would be helpful. Demand for Teres turntables already far exceeds my production capacity. So a good review would if anything make things worse. But I have to admit that a good review would be a nice ego boost...