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Stabi R, Bardo & Viella

Hello Fellow Analog Travelers,

I am after some advice on choosing a turntable after taking a hiatus from the hobby.

I used to have TW Actustic Raven (with AC motor) and Rola (Australia idler broadcast turntable) severl arms including Graham Phantom, ubiquitous Jelco 750 LB (RIP) and cartridges including Denon Dl-S1 (again RIP) Allnic Puritas…and few moderately pried cartridges fed through either Audia Flight phono or locally made tube phono stage.

I listen to all sorts of music that includes blues, vintage rock , world music, 80s synth….Not much jazz or classical (say 20% of my music collection)

3D holographic soundstage with airiness is more important that resolution or dynamics.

Compact size, uncomplicated set up, immune to dust and humidity is a bonus.

So the question is what would you recommend between Bardo, Stabi R and Viella, noting Bardo and Stabi R are similar priced buy Viella is bit more

Whatever the choice would be fed through a SET system with single driver speakers.

Thank you

pulinap
kennyc
2,951 posts
 

@kennyc thank you. did you mean that Viella is overpriced? 

Underpriced- performing above the price level.

sksos1
431 posts
 

my limited experience suggests that bardo is less maintenance given less moving parts?

Actually I've had no issues with my Stabi R but had some speed issues with my Bardo which was why I did sell it. (Not for sonic reasons but the speed issues). 

pulinap OP
5 posts
 

@kennyc & @sksos1 thank you for the input.

lewm
14,686 posts
 

If you had speed issues with a Bardo, wouldn't that have to be due to an electrical fault, since DD has no belt or other physical design elements that intrinsically make it possible for speed instability to be a problem.  And since you are a dealer (though maybe not a Brinkmann dealer), weren't you in a position to get the problem solved?

sksos1
431 posts
 

You would think it might be the electricity coming into my room, but that measured fine. I used a Sutherland Timeline to verify speed and the Bardo always "floated." around the correct speed. Could I hear the speed inaccuracy? No. It was just bothering me. This was also at a time when Brinkmann had a US importer (who said nothing was wrong) but then went with their own Brinkmann USA division. 

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