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I had the good fortune to see the Teres turntables up close, demonstrated in the listening room of Chris Brady himself, the founder of Teres. It was an event of the Colorado Audio Society, a great group.Some of the most beautiful, sophisticated turntables I've ever seen. Frankly, I don't own one and can't afford one now, but, man! it was an incredible experience to hear Mr. Brady's Certus table.
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Great stuff!I bought a Teres that Chris doesn't even make anymore. I thought it was my last turntable--even if I went on to buy others. I put a rather expensive arm on it, and thought I'd sit pat.
Wrong.
Or maybe not. It seems to me that even if one buys the creme de la creme, it takes only a brief amount of time before the "best" is "bettered". Mind you, it's not that I blame the manufacturer for trying to make improvements--------it's that I'm trying to find out how good my $5000 turntable can sound, 'cuz that's a lot of money to most of us.
Couple of mortgage payments, yeah?
For those able to dump Edgarhorn for Cogent, or hoopty for humpty, I wish you peace and happiness. No knock against Chris Brady, btw, 'cus he's been cooI and helpful, and I don't wish to single him out in any way.
But I pretty much got what's going on, equipment--wise, in my home, and am looking for more records. They get me off like nobody's business. A better amp, or whatever, is cool--but software is king.Buy the best equipment you can afford. After you have more music than you need, and if you have the coin, move ahead. But--and this is my opinion only--a world-class stereo and 200 recordings will always fall short of a system with lots of records.
I--and many others here--have record collections that can't be touched, guaranteed. Money couldn't buy my collection, at this point. You can only hear it here. That's our strong suit.
I'd love to hear some of your records, probably. But your system? Can I bring the music?
Here ya go.JCarney
- http://www.audiocircle.com/circles/index.php?topic=40160.msg358313;topicseen#new (Open in New Window)
He had a new prototype motor system. A rim drive. A small wheel that was up against the platter to provide rotation. I missed the comparison between the three,(belt drive, rim drive, and direct drive), but it seemd that the rim drive was a big hit.We'll be showcasing at least two, probably three, Teres turntables using electronics mostly built by Chris himself. We will have a classic Teres Audio belt drive table, our new Certus Model 460 turntable and perhaps something new... We'll set up so that it will be relatively easy to rotate and compare among these. We thought members would be interested in hearing the impact or lack thereof among different drive systems. We want to encourage CAS members to bring their own vinyl. Naturally we'll have plenty on hand anyway. Chris noted that sometimes the society host schedules some portion of the meeting for quiet listening and we thought that would be a good idea. Chris' set up will allow people to chat together outside the listening room during that period.
The line up should look something like,
Teres Certus Model 460
Teres Audio Model 255/265
Teres Audio prototypeArtemis Labs PH-1 Phono Stage
Loesch Tube Preamplifier, implementation by Chris Brady
75TL Tube Monoblock Amplifiers, implementation by Chris Brady
Cogent True to Life Field Coil speakers"
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I believe Chris Brady has a set of Cogent speakers, which to these ears are in a league of their own.I'm not sure about the rest of the system, but I suspect Tubes and single ended amps: Just the sort of system I favor.
I too would be curious as too the overall listening impressions of the original post.
driven by SE amps, using the Eimac 75TL as the power tube.Chris showed his new DD TT with the 75TL amps and his Edgar Horns at RMAF.
Are you planning to attend RMAF this year? Sorry I missed you guys at CES, bet it was fun.
So it was beautiful and sophisticated.But how did it SOUND? What recordings were played? What other equipment was used?
Having started the thread, I'll back out slowly. Others are more qualified to discuss. I am strictly a vintage audio guy. Much of the gear is not stuff I would buy.
Linda Ronstadt w/ Nelson Riddle, Louis Armstrong, and some classical violins. I would have put on Boston.
Your other questions are answered in other posts.Yeah, that's me in the pic, looking over the gear in the room.
Here's a link to the Teres project. Chris is one of the originals, but by no means the founder.JCarney
OK - always glad to be corrected. Good info on that web page. (He is the company leader now.)
The project predates and is distinct from Teres Audio, the company. Although Teres is probably the best known the Redpoint Audio Design, Galibier Design and Progressive-Engineering turntables also descended from those DIY experiments. Aside from being rigid and using the inverted bearing they are quite different creatures. I know which one I like best on paper but I haven't had the opportunity to hear them side-by-side.
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