I did not have the opportunity to compare it to the 11 inch other than to read and re-read all of the reviews of the 11 inch, particularly Fremer's. Of note is the fact that i was also looking for a new turntable at the time.
Once I decided on the Feickert Firebird, I observed that in many of the shows Feickert was displaying his tables with the Kuzma. That was pretty much it.
In terms of the set up, I was assisted or should I say I assisted a friend who works on turntables at a local high-end dealer. What made the set-up finicky was the fact that Smartractor positioning arm was not long enough to reach the pivoting point of the tone arm. However, once we figured that out the set up was pretty easy. A nice feature is that the azimuth adjustment is located at the rear of the tone arm tube as opposed to headshell.
I did consider other arms and tables, but this is where I ended up.
My previous set-up was a Sota Star Sapphire with an SME V.
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