Howdy Chair Guy,
I dont know what cart. your using and what speakers ect. you have, but my Thorens and Shure Ultra 500 / Grado carts have far better bass then most CDP's I have heard and it nearly equals my YBA CDP, sometimes it's even better. I feel the Thoren's bass is a bit more accurate and deeper then the YBA at times- maybe a tad quicker, but it largely depends on the recordings- all be it the YBA over all wins to my ears.
What really amazes me is that I can shake the pictures on the walls and the Thorens remains rock solid, but then at nearly 50lbs I guess it should.
My only complaint concerning vinyl is the cleaning and the occational snap, crackle, pop that is unavoidable at times.
I have a TD-318 MKIII Black Laquer version and I leave the dust cover off when in use. I have custom speakers, using vifa mids, dynaudio tweeters, & focal mid-bass drivers & twin 15"@80Hz .