Does anyone have experience with Basis turntables? I'm interested in the Debut with vacuum hold down. Cheers.
Basis turntables
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Bruce B
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just do it :b my good friend is on his 5th debut, if I trip on one with vacuum at a good price it will replace my TNT in a new York minute.
A little bird told me that it was used with an Audio Research Reference 2 Phono and Wilson Audio speakers ...
I have two of them. Including the one you are interested in. Both perform exceptionally well. Especially of it is what you are looking for.
Dre
I did not expect such a strong response
Rob any reason your friend is on his 5th, not a reliability thing I hope?
Rob any reason your friend is on his 5th, not a reliability thing I hope?
I did not expect such a strong response
Rob any reason your friend is on his 5th, not a reliability thing I hope?
I strongly doubt it. Upgrades up the line I would assume. A.J. Conti is a real mechanical engineer who was a high-end dealer before he became a turntable manufacturer. When he was a high-end dealer, he still had a day job as a mechanical engineer. A.J. is a very smart man who knows how to build quality products. I don't remember ever reading a bad review of any of his tables and arms.
I did not expect such a strong response
Rob any reason your friend is on his 5th, not a reliability thing I hope?
to upgrade. he strayed a few times for a 'better' 'table only to come back to the debut and now its his last. fwiw, he owned a versa dynamics 2.3 at the same time (sort of a techdas AF1 of its day) the versa now lives in Italy but he still has a basis. they truly are fit and forget, no fuss no muss 'tables w/ SOTA performance right out of the box.
I've spent quite a bit of time with AJ, yes he's the real deal Mech. Eng...... and as I recall the Vice Pres of Engineering at a rather respected aerospace firm before he focused his attention to turntables. IOW, not a light-weight!
Cyclotronguy
Cyclotronguy
I knew AJ when we were both much younger and he was selling hi-end gear out of his duplex which was pretty much filled wall-to-wall with gear.
Great product and great company. A.J. is the real deal. He personally came to my home to setup my Inspiration turntable. He also came back to upgrade my arm to the super arm 9. If your in NH it is a no brainer. All the basis products can be upgraded as well. I have a mint vector 4 with My Sonic labs ultra eminent MC cartridge if your interested. I give Basis and A.J. my highest rating and endorsement. Good luck in your choices.
Gotta pic of the table?
I think he posted them here before Super Arm 9:
http://http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?40-Eye-Candy&p=128341&viewfull=1#post128341
http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?40-Eye-Candy&p=128343&viewfull=1#post128343
Dre
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I am hoping to have some free time this summer to check them out. They aren't that far from me.
I am strongly leaning towards turntables that offer two tonearm mounts since I want to run a mono cart. Does anyone find the way the arm on the left is mounted to be a bit odd? It looks like cueing the tonearm down into the lead out groove would be tricky since you can't look at the stylus head on (unless you can get behind your rack...)
I am strongly leaning towards turntables that offer two tonearm mounts since I want to run a mono cart. Does anyone find the way the arm on the left is mounted to be a bit odd? It looks like cueing the tonearm down into the lead out groove would be tricky since you can't look at the stylus head on (unless you can get behind your rack...)
Peter, Does anyone actually own a Basis Work of Art? It was developed years ago and it is so rarely seen or discussed. I wonder how it sounds relative to the Inspiration.
My local dealer caries Basis and occasionally has his Debut w/ vacuum running in his reference room. A while back we compared CD to High Rez digital to analog on the Debut during the East Coast introduction of the Magico Q3 with Spectral and MIT. There was no debate. The resolution kept increasing and the vinyl was clearly preferred by the audience. Basis makes excellent turntables.
My local dealer caries Basis and occasionally has his Debut w/ vacuum running in his reference room. A while back we compared CD to High Rez digital to analog on the Debut during the East Coast introduction of the Magico Q3 with Spectral and MIT. There was no debate. The resolution kept increasing and the vinyl was clearly preferred by the audience. Basis makes excellent turntables.
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