Paired with fresh sandalwood incense.

I'm in the market for a new turntable, and I was wondering if anyone here has experience with either of the models listed in the title. Both come the same cartridge stock (AT VM95E) so the sound quality should be similar enough. I was mostly wondering if there's some detail I'm not aware of that's different between these two turntables. Currently I'm gravitating towards the Teac since it's a tiny bit cheaper (just a 10€ difference) and I like the look of it more, although they're so similar that they could both come from the same factory TBH

Quick edit: If anyone thinks these are overkill, do let me know! I love music but my ears aren't extremely sensitive, I mostly chose these because cheaper models seem to do way too many things... offerings from AT that are half the price have USB, Bluetooth, pitch control etc. All things I can go without.

The Rega Planar 1 also caught my eye, but the price point is higher than the other two

Any recommendations for playing flexi-vinyls well? It was hard to get it perfectly flat.

Second Castle Rat record. Great doomy heavy metal. I kinda slept on this band until I saw them live in September. That was super stupid of me. Great riffs. Moody atmosphere. Vocals are killer. Honorable mention on my top records of the year list. CHECK IT OUT!

I'd be lying if I said it's my favorite Pantera album, but goddamn if it ain't a groove metal moving punch in the dick. Dime and Vinnie are here. Phil's off doing Phil things. I'm worried for my Kirbys!

RIP Dimebag. It was 21 years on the 8th.

RIP Vinnie too.

I'm not a Hellyeah fan all that much, but I do love Mudvayne, Vinnie, and Hush.

Oh what an album! I'm sure most fans of BTBAM would say Colors I is better, but I'm not most BTBAM fans. This is BTBAM at their most mature, experimental, and relevant. The sociological critique has never been more true. This album is bleak, dire, and angry, but also hopeful and optimistic. A top 20 album for me and a frisson machine.

Probably the most important album in the catalog. If you're a fan of metal and especially progressive music this is an essential listen. I can't emphasize enough how fantastic this album is, it's a masterpiece. I say all that and it's still not my favorite BTBAM album.

I really like the pivotal albums in a bands discography, the blend point between two stylistic areas, recognizably that band, but also signaling a potentially very different version of that band in the future.

The Beatle’s Revolver is an example, or Radiohead’s OK Computer. I wonder what it must have been like to have experienced those albums as they came out.

I see White Pony in a similar way. Unlike the other two examples, I got to experience this shift in real time, and I’ll never forget the first time I listened to this record.

The 3rd studio album (2005) from Between the Buried and Me. Not my favorite BTBAM album, but still a certified banger and it certainly still holds up. "Selkies: The Endless Obsession," "Roboturner," and "Backwards Marathon" are my favorites from the album.

First Slayer album from 1983. My copy is a recent reissue on black and red split vinyl. My personal favorite of their releases. Really dig how it has a little bit of thrash creeping in but is mostly just a heavy metal record. A band I was in once tried to cover “Die By The Sword” but we sucked and could never get it right 🤣. If you haven’t yet, die by the sword!

UK hardcore punk/crust formed in the early 80s. This release is from 1989 and by that point they had really started to show a lot more metal influence. For me, the best Concrete Sox release. If you haven’t heard it, be sure to crank it up loud!