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

No harm no foul goners. I have greatly appreciated all your input into this endeavor.  All your opinions are sound ones backed up by fact not fiction. This is not an inexpensive hobby and your inputs have helped me tremendously. High end Audio is and always will be full of opinions. There are hundreds of loudspeaker companies doing business and  hundreds of electronics companies doing business because we all like our music presented to us in different ways. Now, as I drop the needle on Steely Dan Aja I bid you farewell. 

Enjoy your new addiction sir!

@ubrerwaltz,

And with your statement of the truth, may we are we surrender to you the final words. 🤗

cackster-I fully agree with you.  DD is a standard in disc cutting and DD can be equal to BD.  

As to the $5000 HRX, if it is sold with the upgraded platter and an SDS unit, yes, it's still a great TT.  If it includes a decent arm such as my SME IV, it's a steal.  Just get a good isolation platform like my Townsend Seismic Sink to obtain maximum sound quality (my VPI TNT VI is very similar to an HRX).

@uberwaltzI think you need to see the context as to why Jeff posted what he did. Maybe he got tired of the dogmatic opinions of those who make like they have all the knowledge on this board. I know I get tired of it. There are good belt drives & good Direct drives. I do not believe in the impossibilities....but the  improbable. Most of the time it comes down to $$$.