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Well Tempered Amadeus vs TW Acustic Raven One

I've got a Well Tempered Amadeus GTA with DPS now (had the standard Amadeus in the past) and am wondering if anyone has compared it so the TW Acustic Raven One with a nice arm like the Tri-Planar or Graham Supreme? I know they are not even remotely close when it comes to price, but that's kind of the point of my question. Assuming the Raven would be better, how much better is it than the $4200 GTA? In what ways are they different sound wise? I love the GTA sound but am at the point of wondering how much more there is.
vortrex
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roscoeiii
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OH, Vortrex has some fine phono preamplification for sure.

And +1 on the importance of cart-tonearm matching. Though with the Rock's trough design, I think you have a bit more wiggle room there.
drubin
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Vortrex, are you still using a Denon cart? If so, you owe it to yourself to try some others. (Not that the Denon is a bad choice, necessarily.)
vortrex OP
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I have a cheapo 103R on the Rock 7 and a XX2 on the Amadeus GTA. The Rock 7 is significantly better in my opinion, shockingly better. Believe me, I wanted to hate my Rock 7 for various reasons, but it is truly incredible!
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roscoeiii
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And you are preferring the Rock despite having the much lower priced cart on it vs the GTA? That is mighty impressive.
vortrex OP
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Exactly, the 103R/Rock 7 combo is quite a bit better than the XX2/GTA combo.
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