Which turntable Rega, Pro-ject or Clearaudio

+1 on the Technics. Here are some links that Viridian alluded to:

Review of SL 1200 at TNT-Audio:
http://www.tnt-audio.com/sorgenti/technics_sl1200_e.html

Direct comparison between a KAB-modified Technics SL-1200 vs. a twice-as-expensive Music Hall MMF-9 rig at TNT-Audio:
http://www.tnt-audio.com/sorgenti/technics_sl1200_2_e.html

Comprehensive review by Ed Kobesky of Positive Feedback and long thread here on Audiogon:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/frr.pl?ranlg&1093010514&read&3&4&

A post on this forum of a KAB-modified Technics with valuable info on vibration isolation and maximizing the Technics' potential:
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1178980678&read&3&4&

taste in sound? warm/rich or fast/tight?

I have recently owned several tables; Rega P1, P3, P5 VPI Scout, Technodec, Clearaudio Emotion and currently own the Clearaudio Performance. I can say without hesitation that the best deck for my ears is the Clearausio Performance with a Clearaudio Maestro. They all sound different so it is important for you to decide what YOU like in sound and find something that matches that.

Mji123,

perhaps you could share a blow by blow.