Sheer speculation on my part... I think in England the distributor is going for Simplex and Versalex, not sure of GTA. Thinning the herd, so to speak. Slightly wonky marketing to me. But what do I know...
If it was me, lol, I'd have conceived or put to market a perhaps nicer looking Amadeus. And leave it at that.
I did change my mind on the Simplex, it does sound good, for the money. Yet it ain't no Amadeus sq wise. Close, but no cigar. Yet that shorter arm makes it so choppy to use I hate it.
The GTA is nicer looking, overall, and does, on most days, slightky gives more bass than the Amadeus. Yet $1k more?
The Versalex should have been a beautiful wood version of the Amadeus. Everyone wants wood these days. Yet it's not. So it's pointless to me.
So you see, Rob, I'm still back at the Amadeus, or wishing for a beautiful version thereof. It plays music better than most, easy to use and cue, allows for your choice of cable, works with almost any cartridge, made by a genius of hifi (designed) and nicely backed up by distributor Mr P. or in England the great John Burns.
I'm sure over time it will all get sorted.