Smokester, the issue of how a table will interact with the room and floorborne vibrations is very dependent on the individual situation. I have found that my Teres actually has less problems with this than my suspended turntables. If it is possible, a mass-loaded non-suspension TT should be on a very heavy rigid stand, preferably a low one. I have found that any soft type of isolation device, including airbags and such, are severely counterproductive to the sound quality, and I cannot stand to have them in my system. A suspended TT generally will sound better with a lightweight rigid stand under it. Note that I do not say flimsy or creaky. I said light and rigid. The TT stand should be dedicated, with no other components sharing it.
You can go to Vinyl Asylum and read user reports of the Teres. There is a Listener magazine review out there somewhere, but I couldn't locate it when I tried. It was a good review, as I alluded to above. There is some anecdotal stuff on the high-endaudio.com website under "other interesting turntables".
As far as auditioning a Teres is concerned, there are no dealers. It is a factory direct sale only. This is how you save the money. Maybe you could post a question to see if there are any Teres owners in your area.
If you need to lean on a dealer, perhaps it would be better to get the SME. The dealer will have his panties in a wad, about not getting the sale of the table, and will be bad-mouthing the Teres all the way. The day I decided to quit going to dealers, was the day my system started getting better. If you really want to get up out of the muck, then you have to learn this stuff for yourself. Dealers to me, are just a large markup between me and where I want to go. If you need a dealer's service, then you'll have to pay for it. It is valuable to those that need it, and an impediment to those who don't. Personally, I feel that paying $5k or more, out of a $10k TT purchase, for distributor and dealer markups, is a pretty expensive education. And they only taught me to come back and get it in the hind-end again next time. For that kind of money, I might be better off to spend some time learning what could benefit me over and over in the future. Free yourself.
If you can't do that, then buy what the dealer has for you. If you need him, then pay him and don't try to put any impediments between you and him, in the form of a product that he didn't sell you. He will resent it, and it will affect his service to you. He won't admit it, but it is as true as the sun coming up in the morning.
I've been in this hobby, and in and around this business for over 30 years. I've been on both sides of the counter. I know how it works. There are 2 ways to go. If you use a dealer, you need to make him happy just as much as he makes you happy, in order to get your service and attention. This is costly. If you don't use a dealer, then you have to know what you are doing. That is how you save money. And also get better performance. A certain percentage of the very best products you can buy in audio, are not even available through dealers, or only a few dealers, or even custom built. Think your local dealer is going to tell you about them? His favorite music is the "Cash-Register Overture" by the Dead Presidents. :^)
You can go to Vinyl Asylum and read user reports of the Teres. There is a Listener magazine review out there somewhere, but I couldn't locate it when I tried. It was a good review, as I alluded to above. There is some anecdotal stuff on the high-endaudio.com website under "other interesting turntables".
As far as auditioning a Teres is concerned, there are no dealers. It is a factory direct sale only. This is how you save the money. Maybe you could post a question to see if there are any Teres owners in your area.
If you need to lean on a dealer, perhaps it would be better to get the SME. The dealer will have his panties in a wad, about not getting the sale of the table, and will be bad-mouthing the Teres all the way. The day I decided to quit going to dealers, was the day my system started getting better. If you really want to get up out of the muck, then you have to learn this stuff for yourself. Dealers to me, are just a large markup between me and where I want to go. If you need a dealer's service, then you'll have to pay for it. It is valuable to those that need it, and an impediment to those who don't. Personally, I feel that paying $5k or more, out of a $10k TT purchase, for distributor and dealer markups, is a pretty expensive education. And they only taught me to come back and get it in the hind-end again next time. For that kind of money, I might be better off to spend some time learning what could benefit me over and over in the future. Free yourself.
If you can't do that, then buy what the dealer has for you. If you need him, then pay him and don't try to put any impediments between you and him, in the form of a product that he didn't sell you. He will resent it, and it will affect his service to you. He won't admit it, but it is as true as the sun coming up in the morning.
I've been in this hobby, and in and around this business for over 30 years. I've been on both sides of the counter. I know how it works. There are 2 ways to go. If you use a dealer, you need to make him happy just as much as he makes you happy, in order to get your service and attention. This is costly. If you don't use a dealer, then you have to know what you are doing. That is how you save money. And also get better performance. A certain percentage of the very best products you can buy in audio, are not even available through dealers, or only a few dealers, or even custom built. Think your local dealer is going to tell you about them? His favorite music is the "Cash-Register Overture" by the Dead Presidents. :^)