Dan_ed,
I wrote the response that Thomas just mentioned. Your interpretation is correct, but I should not have used sarcasm. My apologies to Thomas and to the forum in general if anyone was offended.
Thomas,
You emailed me asking what I meant. I did my best to explain and offered an apology. I also extended an invitation if you were ever in my neighborhood. You never replied so I assumed the matter was dead. Apparently not. What else can I say to put this behind us?
Scott,
Sorry your thread got hijacked. I have not heard a Basis, only a Teres, so I can't offer any valid comparisons. Like many of us I had to buy without being able to audition.
FWIW, I chose a Teres 265 and feel it was money very well spent. I still believe it provides the best value for any TT within 150-200% of its price, and could recite a long list of reasons if anybody cared. As Thomas said, it's "simple, reliable and honest." Dynamic as hell too. :)
OTOH, if I had $10K a Basis Debut would certainly be near the top of my short list. I think that's about the least you can spend to get a suspended TT that outplays a simple, mass-loaded Teres/Redpoint/Galibier. AJ Conti would be the first to say that engineering a suspended TT requires good science, sound engineering and topnotch manufacturing. Basis apparently does all that, but it costs a lot to do it.
I wrote the response that Thomas just mentioned. Your interpretation is correct, but I should not have used sarcasm. My apologies to Thomas and to the forum in general if anyone was offended.
Thomas,
You emailed me asking what I meant. I did my best to explain and offered an apology. I also extended an invitation if you were ever in my neighborhood. You never replied so I assumed the matter was dead. Apparently not. What else can I say to put this behind us?
Scott,
Sorry your thread got hijacked. I have not heard a Basis, only a Teres, so I can't offer any valid comparisons. Like many of us I had to buy without being able to audition.
FWIW, I chose a Teres 265 and feel it was money very well spent. I still believe it provides the best value for any TT within 150-200% of its price, and could recite a long list of reasons if anybody cared. As Thomas said, it's "simple, reliable and honest." Dynamic as hell too. :)
OTOH, if I had $10K a Basis Debut would certainly be near the top of my short list. I think that's about the least you can spend to get a suspended TT that outplays a simple, mass-loaded Teres/Redpoint/Galibier. AJ Conti would be the first to say that engineering a suspended TT requires good science, sound engineering and topnotch manufacturing. Basis apparently does all that, but it costs a lot to do it.