I have owned the michell with the rega arm and a VDH frog and was pleased with its performance. My biggest distraction was the lack of VTA adjustment or the difficult Michell vta adjustment knob. I upgraded the cartridge to a zyx airy3 and did get a noticeable upgrade in playback quality but both cartridges were fine with the system. I have sinced moved on to a Maplenoll ariadne table but i cascaded my michell/rb300/frog to my daughter who is thrilled with it. The maplenoll is a hard table to find but when they come up, you can get one in the price range you are looking at and the quality of sound is significantly better than the michell. But the michell is a good table and pretty easy to set up and operate. If possible i would look for a different arm that offers easier vta adjustment if I was looking at the michell.
Turntable around 2k
Looking for advice...wondering if I'm overlooking options. I loved my old Teres before circumstances required me to sell it. I don't think I will be able to afford another Teres as a replacement. I'd like to keep the budget arounf 2k for the table alone. I'm also interested in using an Origin Live Silver and a Denon 103R cart. I don't particularly care for Rega tables, or VPI tonearms. Just a personal preference. Should I reconsider the VPI 'package'? I'm curious about the Michell Gyro SE. Will the suspended design be a radical departure in sound from what I had with my Teres? Just looking for some insights. Forgive the brevity...typed on a phone in a airport.