No experience with either table, but be aware that some Rega tables are known to run fast. Make sure the one you heard is maintaining correct speed, as otherwise its "speedy dynamics" may in fact be a distortion of the music.
Beyond that, comparing the sonics of two fairly evenly matched rigs is a challenge. It sounds like the rigs you heard were located in different rooms, attached to different systems, set up by different people, perhaps with different cartridges and were playing different records. With so many variables, even highly trained ears might be unable to tell which sonic differences were due to the rigs themselves vs. the other factors.
Best hope is if people have compared them side by side in the same system, with the same cartridge, playing the same record.
Hope you get some useful inputs. Good luck!
Beyond that, comparing the sonics of two fairly evenly matched rigs is a challenge. It sounds like the rigs you heard were located in different rooms, attached to different systems, set up by different people, perhaps with different cartridges and were playing different records. With so many variables, even highly trained ears might be unable to tell which sonic differences were due to the rigs themselves vs. the other factors.
Best hope is if people have compared them side by side in the same system, with the same cartridge, playing the same record.
Hope you get some useful inputs. Good luck!