@ejlif thanks for sharing the experience. that is my concern with VPI, it is harder to set up properly and for some it is hard to deal with unipivot. I know they make tables with gimbal , but due to COVID it is hard to find anything that won't require months of wait. Local VPI dealer told me that they have several tables on order for 4 months already.
I want to move from Rega Planar 6 help me to pick a new turntable
Hi Folks,
About couple of years ago I got Rega Planar 6. Now since I got more experience with turntables and know what I want from it I am looking for a new one.
There is nothing wrong with Rega Planar 6. In fact I enjoy it and if asked I would recommend it to other people. As long as they don't care about VTA and Azimuth. And this is the main reason I want a different table. I somewhat agree that VTA is not a huge deal and on Rega you can get a spacers, not too convenient, but not too bad either. But Azimuth for me is crucial. My experience with lots of different cartridges - most of them don't have stylus perfectly perpendicular to the surface.
I don't necessarily looking to upgrade to something much better. I want a turntable that has adjustable Azimuth. I may consider an upgrade but want to stay below 3k.
Also I don't want anything with suspension, my floors are too resonant and believe me my kids could jump upstairs so hard I sometimes have recessed ceiling lights falling off :) And for some reason I don't care about ProJect.
There is also a limiting factor of availability. Because of COVID production stopped and wait times are months in some cases.
So far I have identified the following options (based on my preferences and availability).
Technics SL-1200GR - $1.7k
VPI Prime Scout - $1.9k
EAT B-Sharp - $2k
VPI - Scout 21 - $2.8k
Music Hall - MMF-9.3 Turntable - $2.7k
EAT C-Major - $3k
The only table outside of my price range that I might consider is Technics SL-1200G for which I've heard extremely good reviews.
The rest of the system
Cartridge - temporarily DL-103. (before I had Ortofon Quintet Black S and Audio-Technica ART9XA)
Phono stage - Parasound zphono xrm
Amp - PrimaLuna ProLogue Premium
Speakers - Martin Logan Motion 60XTi
Thanks,
Alex
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@adrobitko, get a Rega cartridge, I recommend the Apheta 3 and get a better phono stage. If you can't afford it now, start saving. My Rega P10 blows away my friend's VPI Classic with on the fly adjustable VTA. Before my friend bought the VPI, he wanted on the fly VTA and adjustable azimuth. He's had the VPI for over 5 years and I asked him how often do you use the adjustments, his answer was he doesn't use them. The more adjustments that you have, the more that you'll screw things up. You may think that the Parasound is a good phono stage but you need better if you're trying to improve your analog playback. My 2cents. |
@smatsui Thanks. I appreciate the advice. But I don't want to be limited to Rega cartridges. My preferred stylus is Shibata and they don't make anything with this profile. |
@adrobitko : You don't read what I posted because you can have the azymuth characteristic. What MF uses is not the issue.
All is up to you.
R. |
@rauliruegas I guess I have not completely understood what you said in that posts. If you mean that I can have azimuth adjustment by upgrading tonearm - it is not the path I want to take. |
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