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The Swiss company Da-Vinci Audio that use to make very interesting LC phonocorrector it looks like trying to hit the jackpot with TT design. I look at all the TT that are being made I never stop wondering what the ultimate from my point of view shape of Micro Seiki 8000 never was embraced by other companies. The way how Micro did the bases was the simples possible and that allow putting in the same footprint max among of arms with unlimited design, since the arm-boards allowed spinning on their pivots. Well, it looks like the Da-Vinci has gone there:

http://www.da-vinci-audio.com/Turntable/reference_turntable.htm

They use a heavy platter with vertical magnetic bearing. The same design only with this older model according to them was 100kg – it already a solid mass. I hated their older design - it is what people do for stupid visual appeal instead of the best implementation of the functionality. The new design, it looks like it is a prototype right now is very good and it should make a TT that is very convenient to deal with. I hope then will make it with a reasonable price and I hope it will sound well. Yep, the reasonable price it is exactly what should be expected from Swiss manufactures and this US distributors!

The only criticism that I would express about the new Da-Vinci TT idea is that they allow only 2 pivots for armbords – it should be 3 as there is one extra space that is not being used. In the rest I applaud the direction the Da-Vinci Audio has gone with this new TT objectives.

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