Calling all analog experts

Jsonic, you'll get a good TT anyway you go in that price range. We just have certain ideas what is the best for that price. Yes, we are biased, because we own them, but we know them well, too. I wouldn't trade my Teres for anything else near the money I have in it.

Jsonic, I've done plenty of raving on the Teres tables in the past, so I won't bore everyone with that again. They are great, and they are low cost(as high end TTs go). Buy anything else, and risk getting beat by a Teres in an A/B. 'Nuff said.

As far as the arms go, I would say that interest in anything higher in the Rega line than a fully OL modded RB250 should be redirected at the OL tonearm lineup. These start at about $800 retail and go up. Performance is high.

I won't comment on the JMW arms, other than to say that I only buy gimbal-bearing arms, and shy away from unipivots of any type, for my own reasons regarding tonearm design criteria.

Jsonic, I would say that although the Teres only has about a 3 year track record, the track record it has consists of beating the holy crap out of anything in its price range. The dealer has to say something, and he can't sell the Teres, so there you are.

I think you should take up Doug's offer to listen to his Teres.

Regarding your question about Linn and Nottingham, I've owned several variations of Linn LP12 turntables and several Linn arms and cartridges. I was happy with a Linn for more than 10 years. I am also a trained Linn setup technician, but am out of date now, as I did this mostly during the 1980s. My Teres is in a totally different(and better) league than the Linn. The Nottingham tables are quite good, and good value for money. I might say that they could be a 2nd choice for me, if Teres wasn't around, for the money vs performance.

Sorry if I offended. Simply my opinion. YMMV.