Dover.
I heard the Final enough times at Warwick's to get a fix on what it did well and what it did not so well. Hearing it at your place only served to confirm this.
re the amazing comment. Under the right circumstances I find my car stereo to be "amazing" . We adjust our expectations based on where we are.
Re speed stability, Your comment re DD TTs needing servos to work is immaterial. It is just a different technology that's all.
I am on record during a conversation with Lewm stating that I could not live with a standard SP10 MK3. (To my ears they have a high frequency jitter speed problem that is just plain irritating, which took me 15 years to tame.) I will now expand that statement to say that I have not heard any standard DD TT that I could live with. So perhaps Warwick and I are almost on the same page.
Could I live with the Final?
While I admire what it does well the, to me, obvious dynamic speed problems disqualify it from my bucket list.
As I said, we each make our choices based on our particular biases. I have no beef with anyone preferring a different TT to what I would choose. This diversity alone makes our hobby fascinating.
I heard the Final enough times at Warwick's to get a fix on what it did well and what it did not so well. Hearing it at your place only served to confirm this.
re the amazing comment. Under the right circumstances I find my car stereo to be "amazing" . We adjust our expectations based on where we are.
Re speed stability, Your comment re DD TTs needing servos to work is immaterial. It is just a different technology that's all.
I am on record during a conversation with Lewm stating that I could not live with a standard SP10 MK3. (To my ears they have a high frequency jitter speed problem that is just plain irritating, which took me 15 years to tame.) I will now expand that statement to say that I have not heard any standard DD TT that I could live with. So perhaps Warwick and I are almost on the same page.
Could I live with the Final?
While I admire what it does well the, to me, obvious dynamic speed problems disqualify it from my bucket list.
As I said, we each make our choices based on our particular biases. I have no beef with anyone preferring a different TT to what I would choose. This diversity alone makes our hobby fascinating.