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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Oregonpapa-Thanks as always, for your thoughts. I agree, it's certainly a looker. I also like the looks of the Luxman table, even though it's more old school. I was hot on the turntable quest early this year, and then a different upgrade opportunity came along. I jumped on that, and the table went on the back burner for a while. The back burner is starting to heat up again. Cheers -Don
I never did get to hear the EAT.  I ended up with the Kuzma Ref 2, which while a stretch of my price range, has been a great purchase. I went with the Kuzma Ref 313 Gimbal arm. I still have an Amadeus Mk 1, which I use in a small (room) setup with Harbeth P3's. and a Croft phono integrated. I think the Amadeus may be so good at what it does right, that you may need to spend double to beat it. Speaking of that $5-6K range...is it me, or does it seem like there isn't as many choices. How much is the Spacedeck? I almost went with the Kuzma Pipe Bomb 12" stretch version, which would be in that general price range. Talk about a different beast looks wise, I could see most either loving or hating it. 
Have you tried an SUT in to the Monbrison. The Orpheus is supposed to be a wonderful cartridge... I tried several SUT's, and direct in to a Monbrison when I owned it. This was using a Koetsu, so my opinion should be taken with extra grains of salt.... The SUT's in general, provided more force/drive than direct in to the Shindo/Lundahls. This was my findings with Koetsu anyway. Five years is a long time in audio years, and we all get the itch every so often, but I'm skeptical about doing better than the Amadeus for under 5K for table/arm. There was a great price on a Kuzma Ref here at one point recently, but it was over $3K sans arm. 
no romance-It does everything better than the Amadeus, as well as it should for 4X the price. I find the Amadeus has a lively sound, with a nice 3D presentation. It certainly doesn’t sound like a big table though. That feeling of deep effortless bass is not there. I never had any regrets for buying it in that price range. I wouldn’t say grey sounding. I’m happy that I was able to keep it, and continue to enjoy it with the Harbeths.