I know it's early days to comment on the Garrard 401 but on first listen my wife preferred it to the main rig which has a Atlas,Talea 2 on a TW AC et al. The wife plays the piano !
Very interesting comment.
I have been listening to my daughter play a 1958 Heintzman upright in our house for the last 12 years. What I have noticed is that it sounds different from every angle in the room which is a long living / dining combination; as well as every other room in the house. What imo makes as big a difference, is the kind of mood she is in when playing. It affects her rhythm and the actual degree of pushing on the piano keys and pedals that she does. The music is louder or quieter as well as going from one to the other differs.
So her mood greatly affects how the piano sounds. Her playing is also an indicator to her dad of how approachable my teenage girl is on any given day based on here playing. :^)
The piano sound in our house is much more resonant and the harmonics on a much grander scale when the piano is on hardwood floors as opposed to a carpeted room which dampens it. The TT being a total resonance, vibration, electro, mechanical process I find this needs to be taken into account. So for me when I was comparing TTs it was important to consider especially for piano what type of room was used to do the taping or capturing of the event. Studio or Live ? Just an observation.
Very nice system cheers. Chris
(or she's hoping you'll sell the Black Night rig and spend the cash on her ;-)
lol - They always spend the cash regardless ?