Basis Turntables: Worth it or Ripoff?

As others have said Basis makes great turntables. I am not a fan of their tonearms as they are unipivots which are inherently unstable.
The problem with Basis Turntables is SOTA and to a lesser extent SME.
My best friend has a Basis Debut with a Graham tonearm which I have mounted cartridges in several times. Both SOTA and SME tables perform just as well and in the case of the SOTA are much less expensive and IMHO better looking. I am just not a fan of the techno plastic look. Some would argue that SME tables are the best of all and they are if you want to mount a long tonearm as both SOTA and Basis will only take short ones. The SME can also be configured to handle very heavy arms like the Kuzma 4 Point 11 and 14 if you get the 20/12 or the 30/12. I do not include the Kuzma Stabi M in the mix because it is not a suspended turntable in the classic sense. It is an isolated turntable. It will not handle low frequency excursions like foot falls. 

nkonor and ctsooner, I recently retired from a career as a medical scientist (in the field of virology).  Your testimonies reminded me that at about the time I was in med school, nearly 50 years ago, the concept of "autoimmune" disease was described, and there was great optimism that diseases like MS, Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, etc, would soon be understood and made cureable, as opposed to "treatable".  I am very sad that this endpoint has not yet been reached, even after so many years have passed and even as a result of a massive increase in our understanding of the immune system.  My heart goes out to both of you guys, and your posts should make the rest of us who are in good health realize that we are very lucky and that our arguments about audio gear are really quite trivial, even silly, by comparison to what is really important in life.  Carry on.

Why would you call a GREAT turntable a ripoff??HELLO!!!

For anyone who might not know , a Rolex and Bugatti are not worth it .
20,000 kids die of starvation every day .

schubert

For anyone who might not know , a Rolex and Bugatti are not worth it

They are certainly worth it to those who buy them. Or do you think everyone should subscribe to your values and beliefs?

20,000 kids die of starvation every day .

Logical fallacy, non-sequitur.