First off, thanks for sharing guys. I too have Primary Progressive MS. The Mandell MS Center in Hartford, CT is on the cutting edge of things. I started with Howard Weiner as my primary doc. He was the best for me when I started this journey. Was blessed to be seen by him. My doc now has MS himself and can relate to it all. I am part of a long term genetic study at NIH. They fly me down twice a year and we are doing amazing things. I'm very involved with the CT chapter of the MS Society as well as nationally and I'm also active/advocate with Trinity Health Group. I still have ideas even though I can no longer implement those ideas. That's why we are all a team. Back to audio, lol.
Mijosten, I understand that many won't look at a product due to looks. As for saying their tone arms aren't as good as someone else's because of their pivot, that is plain wrong. AJ's arm's are considered of the best in the world. Which ones did you audition? If you don't like how they sound, that's totally different. Would love to hear your views on the sound of each table and what other components you heard them with as that's the most important thing (arms, system, Cartridges, cables, phono and the rest of the system).
The other tables you speak about have sounded great for me also. (for what I enjoy hearing). There are a ton of great tables on the market now. Very few are rip offs as the OP was asking (even though it's a veiled attempt to run down Basis). We are blessed that we can get a full set up under 1k that is fine for those of us who just want to play albums when someone else can help set it up, lol.
