Chris also had the TT2 and "OK, I agree – all of this sounds a bit OTT, but it is how it was. I agree with their second reviewer, because I too was happy with my TT2 (and I had the Arm 1 and IQ3 Cartridge) My understanding has been that the arm and cartridge were more important than the table. Take the power supply - you would think that the Power Supply would just control the speed - how hard could that be and once the speed is correct - what further gain could there be? Apparently there is. A balanced drive from two motors is an improvement while three is better still." "For these designs a single drive via a resilient belt is most common, famously including the Thorens TD160, to the everlasting LINN LP12, while small speed/pitch stability errors remain as commonly the chassis swings slightly in use. I am no technical engineer but from reading Martin Colloms (who is a technical engineer) in the review I linked he noted some of the reasons why. Excuse the disheveled mess - I was having issues with a PC and had to pull everything apart to get the wall sockets. LOL - he's kind of right - there's no going back now.įrom left to right Audio Note E/Spx AlNiCo speakers, AN M3 Phono Balanced preamp, TT3 turntable, TT3 PSU1 power supply and Empress Silver Parallele Single Ended (2a3) Monon blocks. I read the review from Hi-Fi Critic after I bought the table and one of the three reviewers who covered (from the same magazine which is pretty rare) says don't listen to it if you don't have the cash. It amazes me what can be wrought out of those black discs from the stone age of audio. My system which was already good is just now in another league altogether. It so far has easily been the biggest upgrade I have made in audio. This is by no means cheap - but Linn was right - source first. So it was no slouch by any means but the TT3 frankly blows it away. The TT2 is a two motor turntable which I purchased over the likes of VPI, Oracle, Rega, Roksan and the Linn LP 12. But with the PSU1 I have been kind of staggered already. Audio Note supplies you with the Power Supply 1 (PSU1) which can later be upgraded to PSU2 or 3 and 4 is in the works. The power supply drives the motors and has a speed changer for the belt drive. The TT3 is a suspended turntable with three Papst motors driven by an external Power supply. I traded in my Audio Note TT2 arm 1(v2) for their latest and greatest TT3 and arm 3(v2)
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