I do like the larger ones, though the junior is still quite large
I tend to use my Junior more than the Senior simply because you need a huge room to hear the Senior at it's best. Your room acoustics and setup will make the biggest difference to the overall reproduction. Here is my setup procedure, I'm sure others can add to it.
- Find one of my favorite records that I know really well and one that has good bass and highs.
- Find the most convenient place in a room to set up the gramophone
- Service the gramophone. Make sure there are no air leaks and the soundbox is one you know is set up correctly. I tend to use a trusty Meltrope for the first tests.
- Level the gramophone making sure the turntable is also flat with the motor board. The motor rubber isolators are important here.
- Play the record and not only listen but take in the overall ambiance in the room.
- Move the gramophone to several other areas in the room and go through the procedure again at each location.
- Once you have figured out the best place for you, then use the Expert soundbox and flip out.
Just remember everyones hearing is different. You're a young man so trust your own hearing, it's like everything else, you need to practice it.
I have found there are lots of different types of gramophone collectors, but the two main types are the ones who collect machines and the others that collect music.