Why stop posting in this thread. I am loving the back and forth. Each of you have different views and are expressing them without personal attacks. That's what forums are all about, right?
As for the Rega, to me it's a great deal if you like their sound. It didnt' do it for me and I kept looking. I bought my first ever piece of equipment without listening...the Basis 1400 with Basis 300 arm, Basis weight and the Benz Glider cart with Heed phono stage Quasar preamp.
Johnny just came to install the TT, phono pre and Vandy Treo's. HOLY CRAP. What a sound. My digital is nice sounding and the Vandy's aren't even close to being broken in, but man do they sound great out of the box. Well the Basis is a demo (new old stock kind of deal I guess). I am so glad I got it. I am in love with the relaxed, but detailed presentation. Even this unit needs breaking in, but the mids are lush and relaxed. Very detailed and the bass is tuneful. I heard the differences in notes. The micro and macro dynamics are awesome. I can tell that once broken in, it will most probably blow me away a to how good this turntable set up will sound. It's already sooo much better than any digital I've ever heard and I've heard the 50k plus systems that are out there as I have been visiting every high end shop on the east coast during my travels as I knew I was getting a new system.
I will save up for the Vector arm. I spoke with AJ at Basis about upgrades for the table and he said that I can upgrade the bearing or a few other things, but nothing is worth it until I upgrade the arm to the Vector. That's what I'll save up for my next analog upgrade.
I was a smart shopper and I won't say what I paid for all of this, but I didn't go over my budget and all the other tables I was listening to (new and used) didn't sound this good to my ears. I would love to hear my set up vs the Linn that I heard in DC or the Ayre (DPS) Ortifon set up I also heard down there. Both were wayyyy above the 5k mark,not the 1500k mark, but I bet my systems is close enough for my ears. Just glad I found so many cool albums I never knew I had. Happy camper here.
As for the Rega, to me it's a great deal if you like their sound. It didnt' do it for me and I kept looking. I bought my first ever piece of equipment without listening...the Basis 1400 with Basis 300 arm, Basis weight and the Benz Glider cart with Heed phono stage Quasar preamp.
Johnny just came to install the TT, phono pre and Vandy Treo's. HOLY CRAP. What a sound. My digital is nice sounding and the Vandy's aren't even close to being broken in, but man do they sound great out of the box. Well the Basis is a demo (new old stock kind of deal I guess). I am so glad I got it. I am in love with the relaxed, but detailed presentation. Even this unit needs breaking in, but the mids are lush and relaxed. Very detailed and the bass is tuneful. I heard the differences in notes. The micro and macro dynamics are awesome. I can tell that once broken in, it will most probably blow me away a to how good this turntable set up will sound. It's already sooo much better than any digital I've ever heard and I've heard the 50k plus systems that are out there as I have been visiting every high end shop on the east coast during my travels as I knew I was getting a new system.
I will save up for the Vector arm. I spoke with AJ at Basis about upgrades for the table and he said that I can upgrade the bearing or a few other things, but nothing is worth it until I upgrade the arm to the Vector. That's what I'll save up for my next analog upgrade.
I was a smart shopper and I won't say what I paid for all of this, but I didn't go over my budget and all the other tables I was listening to (new and used) didn't sound this good to my ears. I would love to hear my set up vs the Linn that I heard in DC or the Ayre (DPS) Ortifon set up I also heard down there. Both were wayyyy above the 5k mark,not the 1500k mark, but I bet my systems is close enough for my ears. Just glad I found so many cool albums I never knew I had. Happy camper here.