AR the Turntable - worth it?

Cat9, I have an AR table from Dave at Vinyl Nirvana. It has every Merrill/Scillia mod offered, and I run it with a Pete Riggle arm and Clearaudio Maestro cart.
I am overjoyed every time I spin vinyl on this "vintage" rig. This table is a giant killer, and I am pretty sure it would stomp all over new tables in the same price range. Also, Dave is first class all the way, and he probably knows more about these tables than anyone. I recently made an impulsive purchase of a PTP Lenco table so my AR may need a new home if interested.
George

Thanks for the feedback everyone! Much appreciated.

George,
Yea, I already have communicated with Dave just to see if he ships to Canada.
Keep me posted on your AR table - what model is it, or should I say what model did it start out to be?

Thanks,

cat9

As a grad student I worked part-time for a large snooty B &O dealer who sold MANY of their skinny -arm expensice TT's.
One day before work I brought my AR-XA with Shure 91-ed in, was a lot of surprised faces as it wiped those B&O out thru the K-horns .

I owned that very table, using a Magnepan Unipivot arm. Sounded great for years. If the price seems good to you, I'd grab it.

I ran a Merrill modded AR for several years with an Audioquest (Jelco)tonearm until I got a Merrill Heirloom. I bought it new stock and had it upgraded in stages by George Merrill. It was definitely a cut above the stock AR. It was a great table. IMHO opinion the AR even in stock form is a great option for a budget TT. You can always start with a stock table and upgrade through Dave at VN in stages if you like. If you can buy one even stock in good shape for under $500 you can't go wrong. These tables have more soul to me than the lower priced offerings of Rega and Music Hall et. al.

However, I have seen and heard George Merrill's new replica table and it is outstanding. It has many properties of the Merrill Heirloom and the Merrill Scallia MS-2. It is a great bargain and worth checking out.