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Teres Turntable / Portland

In my newfound obsession to upgrade from my faithful rega 25 to a reference quality turntable, I am interested in the teres model 255 leaded platform/plater model.
http://www.teresaudio.com

1. How do these compare to high end tables such as the
basis 2500/graham 2.2 or the vpi tnt HR/jmw 12.5 ?

2. How difficult is it to build ?
I do have a friend who is a setup professional whom I
would enlist to help install the arm.

3. What are good arm/cart combinations ?
Looking to spend around 1-2K for the arm and cart.

4. Does anyone in Portland Oregon, or Seattle WA area
have one that they wouldn't mind letting me hear ?
john_l

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john_l OP
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Well, it's been decided. I got a MINT condition basis 2500 with Graham 2.2, quattro-fil tonearm cable,clamp, dustcover and a 60 hour old Benz Ruby 2 cartridge from a local friend. The table is very very impressive. It already sounds as good (maybe better, but let's not go there) as my hotrod scd-1 playing sacd. I don't even have the ph-3 set up correctly for the cartridge yet. It's set up for my rega super elys, so the gain is too low. I'm ramping the gain on my aleph P preamp to compensate for now. I have an aleph Ono arriving soon, so I'm going to set that up for the cartridge.

I would still be interested in hearing how a teres compares to a rig like this.
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