Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS.

Dear @antinn  @artemus_5  : I understand your " congratulations" posts.

Now and I'm not talking of the TT it self but the tonearm and I know very well the philosophy of R.Gandy: knowing that and knowing that no single cartridge in the world ( and does not matters its price. ) comes with a perfect fit of the sylus tip to the cantilever and almost each cartridge comes with different rake angle.

Then, SRA/VTA and Azymuth tonearm mechanisms are a must to have no matters what if we want that each carrtridge can shows it at its best and the Rega tonearms has not SRA/VTA and Azymuth facilities.

So both of you already own tonearms with out those facilities? No? then why " congratulations " when Rega tonearms has a wide disadvantage for a precise cartridge set-up and we have to remember that it's the cartridge the one that pick-up the information on those recorded grooves and as better the tonearm/cartridge set-up as more recorded information we can get to enjoy it.

R.

Again Chakster its obvious you do your high end audio purchases at Best Buy.  A sincere good luck to you and a possible re-evaluation of your psych medication. 

You is a funny guy.......
But not in the sense you may think.
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@rauliruegas,

I will congradulate anyone who is passionate (or crazy 😎 ) enough to take on the challenge of vinyl which has so much "skin in game", and I respect that.  Sometime its more than the music, sometimes its also the experience, and today with so many options it really is Faithful to the Music Your Way.  Different strokes for different folks.  

Otherwise, the Rega has received near universal praise, and while the tonearm does not have the full compliment of adjustments, Jeff has the support of a local Dealer which can assist him, and of course today that is rare.  Otherwise, my TNT has two VPI tonearms the 10.5 and 12-3D, one with Soundsmith Carmen, the other a Soundsmith Paua.  But I am an engineer and experienced and have no problem setting each to my perfection, which is Faithful to the Music My Way.

It was a tough call. With the VPI you can do SO many upgrades to the table. You do have full adjustment of the arm. Plus it's a substantial table. Big and heavy. It looks and sounds expensive. The REGA RP10 is everything opposite the VPI. It's small and light. When in its skeleton plinth looks like a 500 dollar turntable. All you know that it's high end is the diamond machined ceramic platter. The ultra precision bearings are out of sight. I like it. It's very sleek, modern and very very quiet. I was offered a VPI HRX for 5 grand . It was tempting. But my digital is in need of a severe upgrade. AURELIC VEGA G2 DAC is next months purchase.