I’m going to seriously look into this! I’ll probably go to a high end stereophile store to audition TT’s.
Yes, just try it in the shops if they have demo, touch it, press play/stop, put the needle on the record, feel the tonearm ... You will understand why it was not only a Hi-Fi turntable, but also a choice of professionals (radio stations, clubs etc). And remember that GR is not a cheap dj turntable, for DJs they have new mk7 which is also very good at lower price, the GR and G are for audiophiles. I hope you will like it.
BTW- what is your opinion of CD/Digital vs. Vinyl?
I know that modern digital rig can be very good, i've heard the best digital in my friend's apartment, the DAC alone was $20k.
But i'm a vinyl guy, i collect vintage records from the 60s/70s, original pressing. When i checked some remastered high-resolution digital files played by my friend in his system it was too sterile for me compared to original records. He played 50's music for me, i like it better on vinyl. For modern music digital is fine, because new music produced digitally, recorded digitally, mastered digitally ...
For old music analog is so much better, my favorite music is 100% from analog era, no digital involved, this is pure magic! And that's why i prefer vinyl! But i also like vinyl as media formal with big sleeves, record labels etc.
In the 90's i was impressed by CD format for a little while, it was new here, CD player was better than my hi-fi vinyl at that time, i also enjoyed booklets in CDs. But since the mid 90's i start buying vinyl and sold all my CDs, upgraded my analog rig with my first Technics in 1995-96. Only vinyl since that day.
I use digital to discover music or to listen to political talk shows online :)
I do not use digital in my main system.
