Terry, you are correct. I had been looking for used tables or demos. I love my dealer as he's walked me through everything. He just wants me to have the best system I can afford. More than a few times he talked me out of spending more on components. John just gets it. I have been to so many dealers in the last 8 months or so and I only trust a small handful. I won't go into the names, but either they seemed dishonest or clueless or both.
I spoke directly to AJ at Basis before I made the purchase and he said that John was a great guy to deal with (I already knew that though). He told me to stay away from used tables as they rarely are in good shape. he said they do their best to fix broken tables, but it's not always easy or sometimes they just can't. I've never wanted to buy a table or CD transport used as they are moving parts and you never know if they've been taken care of properly. Were they stored correctly or moved correctly. As for listening, it's the most important thing. Even though I never heard the Basis, I trusted Johnny because he knows my ear and he knows my system. It worked. If I didn't like the Basis, he would have taken it back and helped me find the right table. I will also have to say this Heed Quasar phono is as good as the EAR or any other phono I've heard recently. It's an absolute steal at the price and I don't even have the separate power supply for it yet. I don't even know anyone other than Audio Connections who sells the Heed product line(I'm sure there are a few though). It's very special for under 1k and it has MC and MM stages.
I spoke directly to AJ at Basis before I made the purchase and he said that John was a great guy to deal with (I already knew that though). He told me to stay away from used tables as they rarely are in good shape. he said they do their best to fix broken tables, but it's not always easy or sometimes they just can't. I've never wanted to buy a table or CD transport used as they are moving parts and you never know if they've been taken care of properly. Were they stored correctly or moved correctly. As for listening, it's the most important thing. Even though I never heard the Basis, I trusted Johnny because he knows my ear and he knows my system. It worked. If I didn't like the Basis, he would have taken it back and helped me find the right table. I will also have to say this Heed Quasar phono is as good as the EAR or any other phono I've heard recently. It's an absolute steal at the price and I don't even have the separate power supply for it yet. I don't even know anyone other than Audio Connections who sells the Heed product line(I'm sure there are a few though). It's very special for under 1k and it has MC and MM stages.