Teres, redpoint or galibier turntable

Dear Gcj123: These could be good options too:
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1190323322

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1190084247

Anyway, IMHO in any analog audio system with a decent TT ( like the Basis Signature 2200 ) the phonolinepreamp and a well matched tonearm/cartridge combination are the most important subjects for high quality performance.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Hi: These ones could be very good alternatives too:

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1190410575

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1190410645

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Dear Dan: Well IMHO the tonearm/cartridge link and the Phonolinepreamp link in the analog chain not only are a little more important links that the TT it self but I know by several experiences about that those links can give you a greater quality improvement than the TT change alone.

The Stltrains TT is a good one and changing it could give him a very small quality performance improvement than he goes other " road ".

Dear Stltrains, of course that you can put your money where you like but my point of view ( at least is what I almost always do ) is that we take/put our money where it " counts ". My advise about is for the better and in good shape but it is your play. You say that I'm almost obsesive about but till you try it with all respect you can say it for sure. If you ask I can give you a wide explanation of the importance of those links and why you must think on them if you want to really improve your qualite sound reproduction through your system.

Like one Agoner told me: " High end is what you are not what you buy. "

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Dear Stltrains: Looking to your very nice audio system I can't understand exactly what are you looking for with a TT change.

If you are looking for a sensible quality sound improvement IMHO I think that you can/could do better through a tonearm/cartridge change or through a Phonolinepreamp change. Either of these changes could give you a higher quality improvement over the TT change, even maybe in a different tonearm your cartridge could be better that what you have today.
A change in your Phonolinepreamp can/could give you the highest quality improvement.

So you have some alternatives about all depend what are you looking for.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Dear Stltrains: I totally understand your point and you already know what I'm talking about and the importance on the subject: you expierence it when you change and up-grade your phono stage and when you change your tonearm, I'm not saying nothing different it is only that IMHO you still can do more through the tonearm/cartridge link or phonolinepreamp that with your TT " road ", that's all.

Anyway, you will make what you think is better for you and the important opinion about it is not the mine but yours because is you who have to live with the audio system everyday, specially on week ends!!!

I like the audio forums ( specially the Agon one ) because all them give us the opportunity to think on subjects that for one reason or another never we imagine that were important, those audio forums help me too to confirm my findings/set-up and to analyze my system from a different point of view and all these facts is what permit that every one of us can/could grow-up on our beloved music " hobby ".

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.