The Reflex Loaner Arrived!

Thank you all for the responses

Graham:
thank you taking the time on Easter to respond!! Amazing.  I wont even pretend to understand Poles and Zeros, BUT, I will gladly enjoy the fruits of your wisdom and skills!!
All I know is that I am genuinely enjoying the Reflex continually.  Today I switched from Direct mode to Pure Direct on my AVR and it was like the sound stage grew 10feet wider, the fun never stops.  If the Accession plays like this and then some it'll be the last purchase I need in phono amps.

Bob;
is that your clips i've been watching and enjoying!!!
Just the other day I was watching the clip with the sumiko BPS Evo III and loved the sound of it through my PC so in the room must be an absolute Joy.  That cart would require a step up I believe so I'd be inclined to grab a Nagaoka MP 300 or 500 first and trial that.   I wouldnt do that until the Garrot Bros has had its time though, the project carbon arm requires a full sit and re align, not just a quick replace like my Technics player.  

i'll go through your clips closely tomorrow for the use of hte Reflex and the Accession.  I've also just enquired to Keith on the time frame and availabilty of the Accession - last i checked it was quite a wait.  Ultimately if i had them both for a weekend (even a day would do) then the decision would be easy and certain.

first world problems i guess hahah

cheers
Dan

sweet, thanks Bob,
i'll get onto this tomorrow.
and re the Sumiko, thats great to know because i really liked what i heard.  that might jump close to top of the list when the Garrot is up...

Wow, I am really enjoying the Sumiko, the MP300 and the Zephyr.  The Zephyr here is over $2k so unlikely i'll get that anytime soon but given i have an MP110 i might grab the Sumiko sometime soon rather than having two Nagaoka carts

listening to the blogs and given its through my pc speakers i still cant see my self going wrong either way.

my ears tell me and i am happy to corrected but when you listen to something like Erykah Badu or Spiro Gyra, fleetwood mac, christopher cross etc everything just sounds wider and deeper and fuller.  Now i dont know how much of that is your set up and im confident your set up far outplays mine but the tracks that REALLY did it for me were the Christopher Cross track and the jean Michel Jarre track, the bullitt soundtrack, john campbell, lightning head - those tracks playing through the Accession were just awesome. of course Green Day gave me a glimpse of some distorted guitar etc too.  Good thing was for me they also had different carts which meant it wasnt a particular cart i was attracted to.  I could be wrong but the EXP wont change the sound it just provides the kick the LOMC needs yeah?  Alot of these used the Elevator hence the question.

The Ed sheeran song on the reflex sounded great too - actually a fun song to listen too!!  But if i was to be honest with myself all the songs no matter the genre had an appeal with the Accession and then going to the Reflex dare i say i was left wanting that bit more again?  Not sure if that is fair as I am in-amid with the Reflex here at home on the loaner and need to be careful your set up hasnt wowed me more than the pre amp hahah

Things seem to be leaning more toward the Accession right now