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What type of turntable should I use?

I have a Sota Star Sapphire which uses hanging suspension but I'm wondering if I need any suspension at all.

My listening room is part of my finished basement. I live on a block where there is very little traffic. It is not a through street. So I don't get trucks and other heavy vehicles rumbling past causing vibrations.

My stand is very solid. I cannot detect vibrations from the speakers when I hold my hand on the equipment rack shelves.

All of this stuff can be seen by clicking on "my system."

What all of this is leading up to is, do I need a turntable with suspension, AND is there an advantage to having an unsuspended turntable?
nrchy

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sayas
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a suspended table if set up correctly will always yield better performance because it is absorbing incoming as well as outgoing vibrations, however small they may be

enjoy your table unless you are prepared to go way up stream
sayas
193 posts
 
I think the scout is simply a price point to sell VPI! The Aries while a good table, without the VPI arm is simply another Rega III on steroids. The Aries system is a well balanced package that delivers most of the TNT sound missing the last shades that make the Aries somewhat expensive but in the price point of its competitors. Not many competitve tt systems or mix and match systems can deliver quiet like the Aries and if it is balanced and dead level it will sparkle and shine like few others.
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