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Systemdek IIX and a vpi scout

How will these compare in terms of sound? Should I keep my systemdek or will the scout be more musical? I dont mind things being on the slightly warm "glowing" side of neutral so ultra neutrality that is cool, sterile or clinical is not my preference, neither is wooly warm where I want to go either. Please indicate in your answer what kind of sound you prefer and what tables you've heard so i can know what kind of listener you are. What will the gains trade offs be? I'm not really into hifi as much as getting back to the music. That is I dont believe expensive equipment is the only way to get you "there." Thanks...vertigo.
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douger
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I have a IIX with the curved arm. I replaced it with my RB-250
and found it better, but then bought my Nott Interspace and put the Rega on it. For a period I found myself fighting a broken headshell lead so used the IIX. The Profile arm only suffers from an unstable counterweight mounting arrangement,
causing weak flabby bass. After experimenting with handi-tak, hot glue, lead tape, etc I took a leap of faith and JB-welded the cw stub to the arm. It works beautifully, no more flabby bass and everything else is fine for me. The stub is plastic
and I could not see a way to sub with a metal part. Do this at your own risk...
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