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Well Tempered Signature turntable and arm

Hello,
since yesterday i have a Well Tempered Signature turntable with matching tonearm.
Unfortunatelly there are so little informations about this product.
The only source for me is on vinylengine.com, from the seller and from an ad reputedly of 1989, but i am not shure if some of these informations are correct:

- prduction date: at the latest from 1989 till at least 1995
- 50 pieces made
- more expensive than WT Reference
- it should be exposed in the Museum of Modern Arts in NY (but i have just found the Well Tempered chair by Ron Arad, sic!)

Have you any correct informations about this nice turntable?

Maybe any cartridge recommendations? I will try my Decca / London Reference Cartridge and DV XV-1s, i think both of them match it quite good.
breezer
breezer OP
117 posts
 
May i invite you to this new group:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/WellTemperedLab/
breezer OP
117 posts
 
Happy New Year to everyone!

Is there any other WT Signature owner here? Or maybe former owner? Any informations, recommendations, etc?
dover
2,178 posts
 
I owned the original Well Tempered years ago, and sold and set up quite a few over the years. The latest golfball version is a joke. It is simply an exercise of how to reduce the manufacturing costs and claim it's better. I would rather have the original. By the way they released the Well Tempered player - a cheaper version of the original, and that was junk as well. The Signature is the best by miles, followed in my view by the original.
breezer OP
117 posts
 
Hi Dover, what is the original one? Can you post any link or picture, maybe date of manufacturing? Maybe even per private mail. Thanks very much!
dover
2,178 posts
 
Original WT came out mid/late 80's looked like Classic. I'm very rusty but from memory models were
Well Tempered ( original ) - there were some upgrades, a dished platter and clamp came out and then from memory a black platter.

The Well Tempered Record Player - this was a dumbed down cheap version with smaller plinth and simplified arm.
http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=209836&page=5
Well Tempered Classic - most closely resembles the original. http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=80038.0
Well Tempered Reference - similar to Classic & original but had 4 layer corian plinth.
http://www.stereophile.com/turntables/899wtt
Well Tempered Signature

Hope this helps.
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