Best turntable for the buck

Make sure you have the turntable isolated properly, especially if you are on a suspended floor. My P8 is on a wall shelf, and it sits on a Townshend seismic platform. Sound improvement was huge with the Townshend, and foot falls non existent when I put it on a wall shelf.

There is a reason Rega sells shelves. Their tables sound better when they sit on them. Although I bought a Project shelf for a little over half the price :-)

I would contact John Rutan and get his take on this. He knows your system and can recommend the best path forward, IMHO.

Bob

I have a VPI Aries Scout and enjoy it. No problems no issues.

I think the screw down clamp enhances playback.

@nferre66,

I have owned nearly all those tables you mentioned, like you, I have set up tt's since the late sixties so I think I qualify for set up. Your analogy for not liking the Sota makes no sense to me, but to each his own. I've owned Technics, not overly impressed. Any Technics I ever listened to wasn't remotely close to the Sota I have. But as you say, just my opinion too.

After reading a few reviews, I have serious doubts about the Technics  turntable.

I’m looking further, to see if I can find something superior to what I have in the 4K price range.