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Turntables from 1-10: Personality 8.5 Beauty 12

This thread could be interesting for any components, but I write as I am thinking of adding a turntable to my system.

In the end, I might not use it very often, but I love the beauty of turntables, if only as a conversation piece for my missionary work with non audiophiles.

Obviously, I want it to sound very good too but I might get more pleasure per dollar per hour of usage with an unusually gorgeous turntable. I need to keep the budget to < $10,000 retail.

Could anyone recommend a particular VPI model? The HRX is obviously gorgeous, but I imagine the less expensive ones look great too and much of the same performance as their top of the line?

How about the Michell Gyrodec SE? Is it as gorgeous as it looks in pictures? Oracle?

Obviously the dowdy LP12 is out, as are the mdf Regas and others.....

Thanks for any ideas.
cwlondon

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Anything under $10K is basically a close and play phonograph.

You want something nice, be prepared to shell out the big bucks.

Walker - maybe nice sound but ugly as hell.

for looks I suggest the Basis work of art - cheap at around $25K

http://www.basisaudio.com/graphics/catalog/tbl_wkt_full_L.jpg

Goldmund reference II - now your talking, and slightly less than a nice Rolls.

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