A setup and forget such as a used well-tempered/VPI HW-19 is in the right direction...once the arm's are optimized, your on your way.Complicated systems are not necessary to bring vinyl to life. With the money saved load up and collect that's the way I would go.
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Wow, this is overwhelming all the options and arms and catridges!!! so is there a book or something to read and get a better understanding of this type of system? I am thinking either rega p3 or I was told the marantz tt15 is a good table. as a beginner i assume its best to buy a complete table because it seems like it would be easy to buy a arm or something that didnt work for a particular table. What about cartidges are they designed for certain types of music? how do you know?