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In Reply to: RE: New turntable decision posted by PAR on August 29, 2016 at 09:27:22
Will have to respectfully disagree here, though I have no horse in the race. I owned a Scoutmaster and, while the sound was very clean and had some nice weight to it, I ultimately found it lacking in rhythmic drive and musical vibrancy (I had the same problem with other VPI turntables I've owned). Also, I often got an electrical pop from the tonearm junction box which once blew out an amplifier channel. The Rega sound is all about rhythmic momentum (PRAT, if you will, even though I hate the jargon, perhaps at the expensive of some bass weight and low-level detail.That said, if I had a 2k budget I'd look on the used market for something higher up the line, and thereby hopefully keep the upgrade bug in its est a little longer.
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Fair enough. Of course there were several versions of the Scoutmaster with different platter materials , suspension feet or cones etc. My friend's is the version with thick acrylic platter and cone feet.
I have to say that having spent many happy hours listening to it I haven't been aware of any lack of rhythmic ability or vibrancy. Maybe it was down to the choice of cartridge in the JMW 9 arm? My friend has a Lyra Skala installed. In fact so good did the Skala sound that I went and bought one. What were you using?
I think that the Rega is a good turntable but the OP's posting appeared to rule it out for his tastes unless heavily modified.
Completely agree - the Scout was one of the worst TT I ever owned - fussy and not worth the effort - to the OP buy a Rega and forget about it - then listen to music not the gear!
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