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Old 10-01-2010, 03:09 PM
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My Turntable and I are both getting OLD together. When I bought this Basis Debut V, Vacuum hold-down table new in 2002, I had decided to "bite the bullet" and buy, what I hoped would be, my last turntable.

So Far, So Good. It continues to perform incredibly well and I've not been tempted to even think about a replacement.

Please click on the pictures to view my beautiful turntable in its full black and black glory!




Basis Debut-1.jpg Basis Debut-3.jpg Basis Debut-2.jpg


I did buy a VPI Scoutmaster for my "other" system, but that table comes no where close to matching the performance of the Basis.

I am using a Walker Speed Controller on the Basis and I still think WOW every time I play it. This table has proven to be much more than a match for a wide variety of CD and SACD players I've put it up against. The arm is a Graham 2.2 arm, which is almost as old as the turntable itself. (which means it is probably older than some of you Audio Aficionado members.)

I LIKE IT!

P.S. I know that the turntable needs dusting. A couple of months ago, our housekeeper, against strict orders, threats of mayhem, etc. took it upon herself to dust my precious record-player, and bent the cantilever of my Graham Nightingale II cartridge. It currently resides in Japan for a replacement cantilever at a cost of some $1100.00. The cartridge you see in the pictures is a Benz Ruby 2 and it sounds "pretty good", although the Nightingale (actually a product of Immutable Sound - Transfiguration) is appreciably better.

Perhaps new cantilever, new housekeeper . . . What do you think?
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I have a record player and a cd player and some other stuff that sounds pretty good.


MAIN SYSTEM: . . . Audio Physic Caldera III Loudspeakers, Spectral DMC 30SL Preamp, Spectral DMA 250 Amp, Spectral/MIT interconnects and speaker cable, Basis Debut V Vacuum turntable, Walker Precision Speed Controller, Graham tonearm, [B]Koetsu Rosewood or Grado Statement 1 Cartridges, PASS - X-ono Phono Stage, Esoteric K03 CD/SACD Player, Lexicon RT-20 Universal Player, Exact Power EP-15A & SP-15A power regeneration and conditioning devices. Symposium Acoustics Svelte pads & RollerBlock Jr's under speakers. ASC Tube Traps, Arcici Suspense Rack System, OPPO and Cambridge Streaming Devices.


DOWNSTAIRS SYSTEM: . . . Sonus Faber Guarneri Memento Speakers, JL Audio F112 Sub, McIntosh MA7000 Integrated Amp, McIntosh MVP871 Universal Disc Player, OPPO BDP-105 Blu-Ray Player, VPI Scoutmaster with periphery ring clamp, VPI SDS Motor Drive, Koetsu Pro IV, or Clearaudio Discovery Cartridges, Mark Levinson No. 25s phono stage, Wadia 170i Transport with a Meridian Bitstream 203 DAC, VPI HW-17 Pro Record Cleaning Machine, Five Richard Gray RGPC 400 devices scattered around the two systems, Arcici Suspense Rack System, Discovery Essence and Essential Cables, 14,000 ± LPs .
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