Where to go next with the turntable

Thorens is making some pretty nice tables nowadays....love my td1500..

A long time Rega user, my thoughts always stray toward Linn when considering future options.

Removeable headshells add resonance and are a weak link in a tonearm. Convenient but lower performance. 

"Not clean records". A legitimate audio manufacturer said that???

Speechless. 

I've had a couple Linn LP12 tables prior to this and they sounded good, but I really got tired of the fiddly nature, and paying the guy at the Linn dealer that was 2 hrs away to do an occasional tune up. 

I also owned VPI Scout and Scoutmaster. Absolutely HATED that arm! Hard to set up & adjust. Unipivot always seemed to always be wiggling along with the grooves. Never settled after dropping the needle on the record. It looks like they are better now, but I don't know if I'm willing to give them another shot. 
 

pindac I checked with Soundsmith about capacitance setting since the web page merely says N/A, They told me it does not matter where the phono pre-amp is set as capacitance does not affect the cartridge.