Rega builds a great tonearm and turntable. They sell them buy the boatload. They are a real company with production facilities (factories), sales staff, human resource personnel and a finance department. SAT is Marc Gomez. He can make a tonearm, but he had to adapt another manufacturer's turntable. That says something about SAT's overall abilities at this time.
Has anyone heard the SAT XD1
As a Swede I was a bit proud years ago that we had a very good Swedish made turntable, the Forsell Air Reference. They don't make them anymore but you can find some used ones on different sites.
Now we seem to have a new Swedish made turntable again!
The SAT (Swedish Audio Technology) XD1
I don't even have a table but I am happy. Too bad it is priced out of range for almost all of us. On the other hand Fremer seems to think it is one of the best tables in the world right now. Very high praises. I hope I can hear it some day at some audio show, even though I personally probably won't hear much difference from other high end turntables.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/analog-corner-304-sat-xd1-record-player
http://www.swedishat.com/
https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa4dae-forsell-air-reference-tangential-air-bearing-turntable-su...
Now we seem to have a new Swedish made turntable again!
The SAT (Swedish Audio Technology) XD1
I don't even have a table but I am happy. Too bad it is priced out of range for almost all of us. On the other hand Fremer seems to think it is one of the best tables in the world right now. Very high praises. I hope I can hear it some day at some audio show, even though I personally probably won't hear much difference from other high end turntables.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/analog-corner-304-sat-xd1-record-player
http://www.swedishat.com/
https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa4dae-forsell-air-reference-tangential-air-bearing-turntable-su...