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High mass vs Low Mass Turntables - Sound difference?

As I am recently back playing with analog gear after some 15 years away, I thought I would ask the long time experts here about the two major camps of record players -- high vs low mass-loaded-type tables...

For example, an equivalently priced VPI table (say a Classic, Aries or Prime) versus a Rega RP8/10 or equivalent Funk Firm table...  the design philosophies are so different ... one built like a tank, the other like a lightweight sports car...

Just wondering if the folks here have had direct experience with such or similar tables, and what have been your experiences and sense of strengths and weaknesses of these two different types of tables.



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pumper24
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Go stalk someone else, Pumpy.

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Too funny when Geoff and shadorne are on the same post. You guys always make me chuckle. No offence to either of you, buy the way.

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@geoffkait   

Lol. You are wrong on both counts but won't admit it. Blind to your own inflated ego. 

Count 1: You stalked me - anyone can  check this thread to see who started stalking who. I comment first then the stalker (you) immediately strike with a totally incorrect statement.

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Hel-lo Hel-lo Hooey Geofkait. You are full of it! And everyone can see that. You are too old and befuddled, ill informed and ignorant to have anything useful to add here on these forums.
helomech
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Either design can sound good as evidenced by Regas and the numerous mass loaded designs. All turntables color the sound to some degree. It really comes down to build quality and personal preference. I personally have a psychological aversion to spending $3k on anything as light as a Rega. However, I'm sure many of them sound great. 
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