I have six useable fiddles at the moment. The best two are my ancient and battered Stainer copy (Circa 1890) and a brand new 'top of the range' chinese fiddle (£1500) The Stainer copy is head and shoulders the best and you'd have to be deaf (or possibly deceased) not to know that. The chinese however is still excellent and currently in use whilst the other is having its 2,000,000 mile service. Of the other four, one is also a german fiddle which looks very similar to the main one but is simply not even in the stadium compared with the other. No amount of set-up alterations ever significantly improve it. My engineer also is able to tell the difference instantly. I've tried fooling him.