Thoughts on the EAT C series tables


I want to ad another table to my system, along side my WTL Amadeus GTA. Any thoughts on the EAT tables. I was able to audition a few top name tables early this year. I have to say, I was pretty disappointed with a couple. I found them to lack that special analog emotion. One thing the Amadeus has is an analog sound. Perhaps not the deepest bass, or that last morsel of detail, but the Amadeus gets it.
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Rekindling this old thread as it relates to a current question I am pondering.  

Fjn did you ever hear the C-Sharp and how did it compare to your Amadeus?  I have an Amadeus Mkii and I love it but I’ve had it for 5 years or so and sometimes get the bug to mix it up.  The C-Sharp looks like a lot of table for the money and also looks beautiful.  I’m wondering about the sound.  

I’m also intrigued by the Nottingham Spacedeck and wonder how that compares if anyone knows.  

Thanks.  
Thanks Uber and Fjn.  Very helpful information.  I agree that the Amadeus does and awful lot really well and I’m not really inclined to replace it.  I just have that bug to try something new after about 5 years.  I’m sure you can relate.  

With the EAT I worry I would be making a move for a trophy wife and then missing the connection I have in my existing relationship with my Amadeus.  But if I thought I would be getting a sonic upgrade I would be tempted.  I’m just not sure. 

And the Spacedeck has always intrigued me.  I think new it is or was in the $5-6k range but I can’t afford that and used I’ve seen them for $2K or less.  

A Transfiguration Orpheus cartridge going into a Shindo Monbrison preamp constitutes the rest of the analog chain.  For now of course.  

Interesting that you mention the SUT.  About a year ago I got a great deal on an Auditorium 23 SUT (not the Homage unfortunately), the one for very low output cartridges (so the one that matches best to the Orpheus).  I tried it as an experiment expecting the difference to be fairly minor but it was significant so I kept it.  Most noticeably it enlarged the soundstage and enhanced the separation between the images and the clarity/definition of each image in the mix.  

It did intriduce a small amount of background hum that no amount of fiddling with cables or grounds could get rid of, but the hum is small and it stops as soon as the needle hits the record, so not a big deal. 

Honestly my system is singing nicely these days and I think I should probably keep the Amadeus.  But you know how it goes with the itch.