I know there are a lot of Amadeus and GTA owners here but who else has the Simplex and what did it replace?
I am in the second week of replacing a Scoutmaster and SDS with a WT Simplex and DPS, and I am floored by the difference. Same cart on both, a Dynavector XX-2, but maybe the WT arm is a better match than the JMW-9. The detail is only a wee bit better, but the whole sound is just more musical and alive. I tried the Simplex bone stock and liked the sound, but putting it on the Gingko cloud that had supported the Scoutmaster improved the "fleshiness" of the sound a whole lot. Bass was a tiny bit tighter and better defined when using a TTWeights rim weight, which might have defeated the purpose of the airy foam stock mat (which is presumably meant to "decouple" the LP) if it was any heavier than it is. I didn't want to use it at all based on the design differences between the clamped VPI platter and the WT approach but I heard a definite improvement.
Set up was super easy: VTA set level by eye using the bottom of the cart as a reference; VTF set to 1.95 grams using the thoughtfully provided stylus force gauge; azimuth dialed in with my Fozgometer. Then that's it... you're done. The hardest part was accepting that alignment and overhang are factory set. I have to retire my collection of protractors, jigs, loupes, and lights. Well, maybe not the lights. In the manual they acknowledge that "Some alignment protractors may well disagree. However, The Well Tempered Lab stands by their convictions." So there.
In any case I am very happy and may have found my TT for life (for now anyway, LOL).
