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Rega 25 or VPI Scout

I'm new to analog and am planning on buying a table soon. I'm trying to decide whether to buy a new Scout for $1600 or a used Rega P25 at around $800-$1000. My other equipment is pretty decent:
Audible Illusions L1 preamp
CJ Premiere 11A amp
Sonus Faber Elekta Amator II speakers
Muse DAC and transport

I'd have to buy a phono preamp. Does the Scout get me to a whole new level than the P25? Thanks in advance for your responses. I'm new to audiogon and i love it thus far!

Winston
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narrod
1,064 posts
 
Over the years I've owned the Planar 9, Planar25, 4 Planar 3s, and 2 Planar 2s. ALL have run fast. My current 3 has been upgraded to the new motor and it too ran fast. It cannot be pure chance. Roy Gandy must do it as part of his design. The easy fix is to file the pulley for accurate speed. The more elegant way is a VPI SDS.

Wendell
narrod
1,064 posts
 
The Scout is marginally better than the 25. The JMW 9 arm is far, far superior to the RB-300 which is very good. You pay more but you get more.

Wendell
vikkysingh
154 posts
 
I have owned both and the Scout to my ears is better. It isn't as raw and pacey as the 25 but it is more natural and has a better sense of weight and space. Sonically I think the VPI does everything the 25 does and adds better bass, better soundstaging and a more natural midrange.
VS Vilkhu
david99
1,467 posts
 
Narrod-The P-25 comes with a RB-600 not a RB-300.
Quite a difference between the two.
I had a P-25 but recently bought a Oracle Delphi MKII w/Alphason HR-100 arm.
The Delphi smokes the P-25 all around.
If some have noticed small differences between the P-25 and the Scout,I'd say go Oracle!
narrod
1,064 posts
 
David99- I know it comes with the 600. Typo. The JMW-9 is still a superior arm. I do agree about the Oracle. I have
a Mark II with SME IV that I love.
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