To see even more footage of the Reed 1C and 5T, watch our preview from this year’s AXOPNA: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hZepp7excZvbl8o.htmlsi=IabxLOADbejfoZK7

I am 62 and it is great to see a young reviewer who is knowledgable and a good presenter. 👍

@r423sdex

6 ай бұрын

Garbage. Show me the numbers. He made up a story, but it was based on nothing.

What a nice, informative and entertaining review. Definitely out of my price league but I will happily chase down the recordings mentioned. Thanks, and hoping we get more reviews from this audiophile.

Well done Michael, enjoyed the review and information.

Thank you Michael for an excellent review.

I have this turntable. It’s amazing

Fantastic review by an articulate super intelligent reviewer. Hope to see more by Dr Johnson.

@thomasmartin2219

7 ай бұрын

Michael has recently relocated and will be back in his listening chair in January. We hope for reviews from February/March onwards.

@marcoboursier1958

7 ай бұрын

...by far one of the most interesting reviews of the year!

@_fakeklg

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

I love all the different tonearm solutions on the market, truly fascinating.

Great review. Thanks

Really thorough review, well done.

Wonderful review MJ, I wish I could afford it I'd sure consider it for an upgrade! Merry Christmas man!🎉

Nice review of a beautiful piece of engineering Michael, thank you

That was a genuinely refreshing review of a crazy expensive analog rig--and by someone who is many years away from receiving AARP solicitations. The reviewer provided excellent context for the recordings he listened to and, too, whether or not he, personally, would own such a set up if he did not live near a dealer that could assist him, when and if assistance might be necessary. The one area of context I wanted to more information on was the system and listening environment within which the table was placed.

Its good that young people started reviewing hifi for AS instead of half deaf old farts, with systems worth million $

Great review. Very detailed and informative. Could you please share info on your full system please? Many thanks

As SuperMacgenius mentioned, I'm getting down the old rabbit hole too, but about 6 years further. But an accident about a year and a half ago robbed me on of about 15-20 DB more of the hearing in my right ear, between 2k and 8k, on top of old age. The kings horses and men couldn't put my hearing back together again. So now it's hearing aids, and... That's a whole other story. But I have found a level of enjoyment I can live with, but I hung up my audiophile hat. So I'm trying to find my way forward. Some guys just sell everything and leave it all behind. But I'm looking... For direction for enjoyment in any form. I've always enjoyed written reviews and l follow some video reviewers. But this was so informative and relatively concise but with no added pontificating or old stories being told. Just spot on what is needed. Clear, good diction, dripping with knowledge and detailed information about this wonderful gear and hobby. I😢 can't buy this table/arm but I will check out the records. I'm still a collector of audio gear and "software", and have chased a few of those special records all the way back to my hi fi biz days and Sheffield and early remasters. I could keep chasing that mostly just for the collectabilaty. But you are a true breath of fresh air, my friend. And I just discovered you. Thanks again. Great, great job. Please keep it up! Thank you!

Really great review. Please more from Michael in the future.

I'm a little late to the party, but damn, finally a review other than wide sound stage that extends room boundaries with air in between the instruments. I was at the Montreal audio show yesterday and this turntable impressed me, which is the reason I fell on this, I very rarely follow reviews, specially not the absolute sound videos, I've always suspected them to be infomercials and if this is an infomercial, kudos to him for disguising it so well.

Great review, keep up the good work.

Great review, very entertaining and informative, thanks!

Way to involved for my liking, can’t imagine it working flawlessly for 30+ years like a simply well designed uni pivot. Don’t care how much, no thanks.

A great review and subsequent explanation of the respective technologies implemented here! For those of us on "beer" budgets, this would be a perfect "Powerball" turntable! 😄

@_fakeklg

6 ай бұрын

Always fun to dream about high end stuff like this.

Enjoyed the new $olution to the baked in problems of vinyl replay. Incredible what it takes . Whats next, 12in stylus cantilevers?? IDK if you could actually "remember" my first TT, the DD & linear tracking Technics SL7. I keep a Heybrook TT around for nostalgic reasons and to play my old vinyl, but enjoy new HR music streaming far more in my 62 year old dotage. Great to hear a musically knowledgeable younger Audiophile enthuse. Will check out those recordings on Qobuz and use my imagination to make up for my lower quality setup and rolled off 14k frequency hearing.... Thank you! 🎵🎶🤫🎶🎵

It would’ve been nice if you could have given an overhead view showing the tone arm operation and how the cartridge maintains its tangentiallity ( is that even a word?) to the groove as it crosses the record. But, the price of the arm itself leaves that out of my budget or , probably , most people’s budget.

I've always wondered how after sale support works with these niche products especially from more obscure companies....

That is a beautiful turntable.

Thank you for the interesting review. How does this Reed tonearm track very hot cutted records which could cause inner-distortion ? Like some of the DGG Original Source Series.

Possibly stupid question, but why would you need to verify null points on a tangential tracking arm?

What about the azimuth and VTA? I liked my Rabco SL8-E thank you.

fine review. I’d be interested to know your comments in a review of a Clearaudio TT3.

Amazing gear, nice to see what the 1% got in their houses. I imagine Malibu, Bel Air, maybe Ibiza, Monte Carlo...

@gavinoconnell3412

6 ай бұрын

This is at a similar level to my turntable setup, and I'm definitely not in the 1%. Some of us are just super dedicated...but not having kids definitely helps.

@mediascapes2011

6 ай бұрын

oh thank you, I was not aware this is a normally affordable turntable (it looks super expensive) but glad looks are defeating, in the end the sound matters, not look@@gavinoconnell3412

How's the service gig going?

Anyone else noticed the turntable going backward at around 23:30😂 kzread.info/dash/bejne/iGuctZpqdabXac4.htmlsi=Ucbi4WFEdDutNOKb&t=1428

@TheTASmagazine

7 ай бұрын

Nice catch ;)

@dragocelander6671

7 ай бұрын

I thought I was seeing things when this section of the video appeared (White Stripes Elephant discussion). So much so, I replayed it a few times. Lol

@sc51153826

7 ай бұрын

@@dragocelander6671 same here, I think the b roll they wanted to use was a zoom in but they wanted to zoom out

@stillaliveandwell5291

7 ай бұрын

My 1986 Merrell Heirloom can occasionally run backwards for a lot less money. 😂 The platter is acrylic and lead. There is also a lead sheet as part of the plinth. George also was the first to supply a heavy periphery ring for the record as well as an acrylic center screw down clamp for additional torque and used a fluid damped motor with his own line conditioner and spike suppressor. I removed the suspension because the springs are a little too bouncy and now there is no feedback when I tap on the constrained layer plinth which I have added layers and clamped together. Sumiko Blackbird cartridge is fantastic with Japanese Fidelity Research tonearm by Master Okeda. Less than $3k for everything. Big sound, small $$. Baltic birch is really cheap.

Interesting review. My Kuzma arm is tweaky from a setup standpoint (easy, but involved) but not from an operating standpoint. This thing though… seems a little over the top.

What does slipknot sound like on this?

@poetryonplastic

7 ай бұрын

Iowa sounded pretty epic.

@Rockapotamus91

7 ай бұрын

@@poetryonplastic excellent thank you

When was idler drive renamed to rim drive?

@brunorivademar5356

7 ай бұрын

It's not an idler drive. There's no idlers wheel in between motor and platter. Idlers drives have high rpm spinning motors and the idlers step down that speed like a kind of gear which then rotates the platter.

@razisn

7 ай бұрын

@@brunorivademar5356 It is the same driving principle (the difference lies in the speed of the motor). Both try to imitate direct drive without investing in an appropriately good motor and chassis / plinth. So direct drive for the cottage industry which 99.9% of the current TT industry is. It is all a joke. In principle direct drive and linear tracking arm is the best solution for this 19th century invention to work half-properly but they cannot be made to an adequate quality by the cottage so-called 'industry' and real industry has no interest since the advent of digital.

@TheAgeOfAnalog

7 ай бұрын

@@razisnI share this opinion, but what do I know.

@brunorivademar5356

7 ай бұрын

​@@razisnIn order for this turntable to be called an idler drive there has to be an -idle- wheel in between the motor spining shaft and the platter. It's that simple. We are not discussing the merits and challenges of each motor drive.

@stillaliveandwell5291

7 ай бұрын

Watch the video of Jack and Meg, better than the record.

VPI had rim drive from the outer rim of the platter not a sub platter that is not the rim.

I’d like to see them offer a carbon fibre wand for this arm. Lower mass will only allow this tonearm to play nice with a wider range of cartridges

Thanks, but I had to snicker. RIM drive goes back to BEFORE your parents were born 😆.

3 words. Zero One Hundred. LOL

That wood is pronounced "wen-kay"; it's African.

It's a beautiful turntable, but I was more transfixed by that elaborate comb-over.

17,000 without the tone arm for basically mdf and a small rat motor? What in the world is happening in todays world?

@_fakeklg

7 ай бұрын

Then don’t buy it. Jog on. You don’t have to have an opinion.

@r423sdex

6 ай бұрын

He does have to have an opinion, and he gave it. Bloody rip off !

@_fakeklg

6 ай бұрын

@@r423sdex he doesn’t. He provided something along the lines of a complaint. Opinions generally have thoughts behind them. And also, don’t buy it if it’s not for you and your bank account. Plenty of other channels to watch, plenty of other products to buy.

Vinyl masochism reaches new heights. Why this is a better solution than linear tracking nobody knows.. Similarly with idler drive vs direct drive.. They're certainly more complex and finicky which I'm sure will have vinyl masochists salivate.

@MrRom92DAW

7 ай бұрын

The reason this is *potentially* a better option than a linear tracking design is that a tangential tonearm has to move the entire mass of the tonearm across the record surface. This also severely limits what type of cartridges you can effectively use on such a tonearm. This doesn’t have that issue.

@razisn

7 ай бұрын

@@MrRom92DAW Have you seen how small a linear tracking arm can be?

@MrRom92DAW

7 ай бұрын

@@razisn yes, but it’s still a larger mass that has to be moved across the surface since you are moving the entire arm and the carriage it sits on. Something a pivoted arm never has to do. They are better suited to low compliance cartridges. There’s also the option of using a very long tonearm but then you also battle issues of mass and rigidity.

@razisn

7 ай бұрын

@@MrRom92DAW Sorry I don't get the difference in this respect but it doesn't matter. I stopped using vinyl a very long time ago and have no intention to start again now.

@_fakeklg

7 ай бұрын

@@razisn then why do you care? You don’t have to have an opinion, unless you are one who oddly enjoys being a douche canoe.

Absurd price….. I suspect the reviewer got stuck with this albatross.

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Nice review...but i wish he'd use some modern, bass driven music. So sick of reviewers who just play classical, old white people's music. The US is home to many genres, from hip hop to deep house...all ignored by this reviewer

@poetryonplastic

6 ай бұрын

Here's a list of the records mentioned: Inu- Don't Eat Food (1981, Japanese punk) ParayDetroit Symphony- Music of Ravel (1963, French Impressionist Classical) Bobby Hutcherson- Oblique (1967, Black American Jazz) White Stripes- Elephant (2003) Anri- Coool (1984, Japanese Funk/Disco featuring predominantly Black American musicians) Look, everyone is bound to their tastes. Personally, I don't really connect with house, hiphop, or other styles of predominantly electronic music, but I'll stand by the stylistic and ethnic diversity of the music list above.

@jefflashway6644

6 ай бұрын

Fortunately for people who like actual music.

@carlitomelon4610

5 ай бұрын

Nonsense. This TT provides increased background "Blackness" !

A 30 year old Technics 1200 will meet or exceed the performance of this idler drive diy project at a fraction on the cost.

@poetryonplastic

7 ай бұрын

I used to own a 30 year old Technics 1200. My Rega P3 sounded better in all honesty.

@_fakeklg

7 ай бұрын

“My turntable preference is better” “This is all b/s” “Get off my lawn” Enjoy what you like grandpa, but kindly spare us your completely unneeded, unhelpful, grumpy, and negative comments.

@OTO_45

7 ай бұрын

Shure 😂😂😂😂😂

Jesus- what does someone do if he or she (probably not she) has the most terrible taste when it comes to music - all that high end just for noise - or just imagine all that woop t doo just to listen to some dad jokes on record - I was forced to sit in on a session in a room with an acoustic pro - just being polite - had to listen to him go over how much money he killed for high-end stuff - and he puts on some stuff I absolutely hated - it sounded like someone was killing a cat - well music is a thing of personal taste I guess - and then his wife tells me that he as a hearing deficiency on both ears - well at least he is hearing the optimum on what hearing he has left and if killing a cat is what you want to hear for 50k then by all means do but leave me off and spare the kids.

The question is always this: For $40k (excluding the cart), in a BLIND compare using the same cart and system, will a panel of listeners all prefer this table/arm combination to a table/arm costing a “mere” $20k or $10k? I say no. No human will hear a sonic difference in a blind compare. And certainly won’t hear a difference worth $20k of “betterness”. For all the “problems” this engineering solves, if you can’t hear it, it doesn’t matter. Why blind compare? Confirmation bias exists. The placebo effect is real. Shame on the absolute sound for perpetuating the nonsense of products like this.

@512bb

7 ай бұрын

I have no issue with your opinion, however you obviously have an extreme bias. You may not be able to hear the differences but there are those that can. And if you don't see the value in it , then no harm, no foul. Value is in the eye of the beholder.

@edd2771

7 ай бұрын

@@512bb The point is that no one KNOWS if they can hear the difference because they are not doing a blind compare. As I mentioned, confirmation bias and the placebo effect are real phenomena as products in high end audio extend ever further over the curve of diminishing returns for price. But regardless of whether you, or I or someone else can hear a difference outside a blind comparison,, a publication like the absolute sound should be using such testing, rather than blithely telling their viewership to drop $40k on an item like this without some actual justification for its sonic merit that is free of bias. Now, if they said there are reasons to buy this even though it may not have discernible sonic advantages over dozens of other tables that cost thousands less (aesthetics, build quality, a good user interface etc) I could respect that. But as presented this is reviewer malpractice. The cart in question drives 99% of the sound for any competent arm/table combo over $10k, to the point where on a blind basis most humans won’t be able to hear a difference between what arm is suspending that cart and which table is spinning beneath it (all other aspects of the system being equal). When it comes to super exotic turntables, the emperor has no clothes. I’m just pointing it out, but it’s publications in a position of trust like the absolute sound that should be. Unfortunately they are an intrenched part of the reviewer/manufacturer industrial complex. And sure, there’s no harm/no foul if people spend money in needless excess if they get pleasure from it. Happens all the time. It doesn’t absolve a publication like this from being rigorous and real in its assessments.

@_fakeklg

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the completely original and never-uttered-a-bazillion-times-before-in-KZread-comments hot take, gramps.

@512bb

7 ай бұрын

OMG, what a complete lack of self-awareness. The man was tasked with reviewing a product, he is reporting his personal experience & what he heard...he's not holding a gun to your head, nor is the Absolute Sound...you're presumably a grown adult, who's forcing you to buy it??? Wether if you don't like it, can't afford it or simply don't see the value, that's all your issue's to deal with. And if you want to believe a Rega is the ultimate giant slayer then go right ahead deleting yourself. You remind me of the type that looks at a guy wearing a Patek Philippe & smugly holds up his 100.00 Casio saying it's more accurate ...you frankly sound like a malcontent...dosen't sound like The Absolute Sound is a publication you should be following to me.@@edd2771

@edd2771

7 ай бұрын

@@_fakeklg you’re welcome son. Listen and learn.

I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW! Mr. Johnson should spend sometime learning to speak without the constant "You Know." What he has to share would be more informative and compelling without having to listen to his space filler.