Rega RP3 or Mofi Studio Deck ?


Has anyone heard both of these and have opinions of a comparison between the two ?
robert53

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I will use the studio tracker to break in the turntable and get used to the sound. Then later upgrade the cartridge after more people own and try different cartridges and post comments. I am using a CAT SL1 with built in phono stage.
The Ortofon Bronze sounds good as I will probably buy the Studio deck because of the build quality. It seems to have better isolation.
I finally decided and purchased a Mofi Ultra Deck +M and use it on my Standesign Rack with an Auralax turntable isolation platform underneath it. I use all Cardas cables in my system ( except for power cords ) and wanted the Cardas wiring in the turntable. Very, very Happy. This table has very good isolation, but my floor is wood with beams underneath and there were footfall problems. The Auralax solved that problem. If you tap on the turntable nothing comes out of the speakers even without the platform underneath. Also, this table is dead quiet. When I hear an occasional tick or pop its almost shocking because it is so quiet. 
I don't hear any difference in sound using the Auralax with the Mofi. It sound the same as it did without the platform. I first tried some inexpensive isolation blocks, they helped a little with the footfall problem, but I noticed a slight loss of transparency. I have it sitting on a Standesign rack with spikes on the bottom, and the top shelf is spiked too, for a turntable. Yes, I'm enjoying it. Slaw, if you have any advice about better isolation, let me know, but for now it's ok.
Can't go wrong with a Linn. I had a cheap project Debut 3 as my entry back into vinyl. It was one of the newer ones and you could change interconnects. Great for the price but moving up to the Mofi was a drastic difference. The Classic was another table I was interested in but I went for the Mofi. Project and Rega make good stuff. I also checked out Clearaudio, but you need really good isolation as you do with some  Rega tables. My Debut 3 worked perfectly sitting on my rack but I had to add the Auralax platform because of footfall problems with the Mofi. Good luck.