Eurolab premier turntable.

Go to the Audio Asylum's Vinyl Asylum and conduct a search using Eurokit, Eurolab and Scheu (who is the designer of this table, now in its MKII iteration). This table was the inspiration for the Teres et al. The designer, Thomas Scheu, is a mechanical engineer who put a good ten years into the design of the table.

You can probably get NOS from Audio Advancements at a good price since they no longer have US Distribution rights for the products. This has, I imagine, more to do with politics and/or sales related issues than anything else, so buy with confidence - Audio Advancements has been around forever. The table is bullet proof, BTW.

Get the 80mm platter if you can...I have a 40mm (now discontinued) platter and will get around to uprgading at some point. My table is over two-years old, and it runs fantastic.

The only reason not to put a table such as this one at the top of your list is a preference for a suspended deck, in which case the Scheu would drop to the bottom of your list.

Hope this helps.

It is very, very quiet, almost no character of its own.

Benefits from the Mystic Mat. In fact, Goyescas, you shd consider this, you might not need to upgrade the platter after that.

The Schroeder model 2 arm is a great match to this table.

Don't buy from Audio Advancements since their customer service after sale is very bad. You can buy one from http://www.hudsonaudio.net which is still in NJ.

Jsonic:

I have no direct experience with the Eurolab but I had the pleasure of having Hart of Audio Advancements set up my arm/cartridge configuration on my Teres 265. AA is (was?) the distributor for Eurolab and I saw the table there and it looked exceptionally well constructed.

I noticed from your previous thread that you are in Northern New Jersey which is where Audio Advancement is located.

Like yourself I was concerned about proper set up of my table. Unfortunately I had a 2 1/2 hour drive! He did a masterful job with my Morch DP-6/Allaerts MC-1 and I couldn't be happier.

If you are interested in the Eurolab and have the opportunity to have Hart do the setup it seems like a no-brainer to me.

Ken Golden

Just spoke with Hart and got some basic pricing information on the Eurolab turntables:

Premier 1850
2001 1250

80mm platter add 400
battery pack add 100

they also have their own version using the Scheu parts called a "2008" and it comes in either aluminum or brass (very heavy); prices are substantially up at 2500 (alum) and 3900 (brass). The 2008 looks just like the 2001 but has much better construction is the word.

The Premier seems hard to beat at 1850 and the 2001 at 1650 w/80mm platter another way to go.

Hard to get past the unconditional Teres warranty; ie, if you don't like it send it back and they give you your money back. That is my understanding from the Teres site. But, the model I like (265) is substantially more expensive @ 2750 than the Premier.