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Most bang for the buck Table and Arm combo?

Finaces give me serious thoughts about letting my VPI Aries Extended w/12.5 arm go but wondering if I will really miss it if say I go with one of the new VPI Scout models or a Rega 25.If I were starting out now I would have looked probably for a Nottingham Spacedeck or if one came up a Final Tool so latter I could go multi-arm.But a dealer said I was trippin' to let what I have go and he sells both VPI and Nottingham and said the latter was a toy compared with the former.So sell a $5500 table for $3000 (It's mint)and try and find a Spacedeck for $1500-2000?Seems not worth the $1K+.A Rega 25?The rest of my gear is in flux but I have a good tube (Kora Eclipse) and I think I am going to dump my Mesa Baron for less costly SS (I have an old PS 100 Delta kicking around).Speakers are Odeon semi horns but this could change.Any thoughts here?
Thanks
Chazzbo
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john_l
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Twl makes a good point. Either hang onto the vpi, or sell it and buy a $900 used p25 w/rb 600. Excellent players.

One additional thing to consider is that shipping a turntable is very tricky. Turntables don't travel well, so you need to factor the possible annoyance/financial issue of repair into the equation. The destination buyer will also have to re-assemble the table.
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