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New turntable: TW or Obama?

About to take the plunge on a table to replace my venerable SOTA Star/SME V.

Top contenders: TW Acustic Raven LS or a Kuzma Stabi R with wood base.  Arm options are the TW 10.5 on the former, or something else.  Would likely get the Kuzma 4 point for the latter.

Anyone with experience and an opinion on these analog tables?

Cost wise they are similar, both under $20K.

Thanks!
bobbydd
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tomic601
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good moves @keegiam it should be fantastic 


keegiam
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@tomic601  thanks, hope so - great guidance from AG members, learned a lot

rsf507
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Not that my 2cents will make any difference but have heard several of the mentioned Kuzma's with the different 4Point arms and every time the sound was intoxicating. Either the M or R with a 4Point will be my next table. 
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simao
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It depends. Obama was born in 61, so you might want to consider age as a factor.
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dodgealum
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The TW Arm is brilliant. Simple, elegant, competently engineered. The TW table is also nice--I spent many hours listening to a friends TOTL Raven with the 10.5 arm. If you are at all interested in a different drive system, check out the Sempersonus TE-2. I'm using a 12" TW arm with this table and it really sings. The TE-2 uses an inner rim drive system that is fantastic--quiet, stable, reliable. The combination has the drive and PRaT of an idler with the detail retrieval of a great belt drive like the Raven. 
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