@vinylnostalgic
I've not seen any reviews, but I've owned one for the past 8 months so I can give my thoughts -- obviously anecdotal / subjective (even more so because it's the first deck I've owned in 30 years so I don't really have anything to go on when it comes to comparisons. What I can say is that it's very well built and feels every one of its 40 pound mass. The first thing I noticed when I lowered the arm for the first play was just how very well isolated this deck is compared to my last one. I have mine sited about 1 inch from my left floor standing speaker (due to space limitations) and there is zero transmission of vibration to the cartridge cantilever from either the speaker or the floor. You can dance right in front of it -- and nothing, nada, gets picked up (it probably helps that my carpeted ground-floor listening room has a concrete floor). The only vibrations I can hear are music ones caused by the stylus being dragged along the record grooves. Apart from installing the cart, setting the tracking weight, anti-skate bias and arm height; it's pretty much plug and play but I am sure you could do upgrades / mods if you were so inclined. I could do without all 'DJ' type platter speed controls/sliders, LEDs, lights / strobes etc but they don't really bother me or detract from performance (get a VPI or an LP12 if you feel otherwise). I really enjoy the sound it puts out. Highly, highly musical. I much prefer it to my digital sources. Appreciate, that's of little use to those who need to know how good it is as a turntable per se as it maybe just that my ears really like the sound of vinyl. I've found rock titles like Fleetwood Mac's Tusk, Blondie, Tom Petty, Led Zeppelin etc, etc (all purchased new 2020-2021) etc, etc sound phenomenal. Vocals, treble, midrange, bass, dynamics, detail - all spot on for me. It's warm yet not warm as the midrange and bass are fast and tight. With classical I'm not as convinced although I have only one new classical LP -- Berlioz (and a lot of very old ones from the 1970s that look ok, but sound beaten up. They all sound a bit harsh -- bright / sibilant / metallic -- more like what I associate with a CD-type of sound. It could be that the recordings I have are not good or are from digital masters (I do believe classical recordings need to be of the highest quality, and preferably pressed from the analogue original).
Hope this is of use.
