Phono preamp and Turntable


I'm looking for a decent phone preamp and low maintenance turntable to go with a Bel Canto Evo2i.

I have about $2,000 in the budget for both. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Scott
shimanole

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Hello. For your $2000 budget I would suggest used vintage gear and there are a lot of used old goodies.

For the phono I would recommend a vintage tube pre-amp with built-in mm phono section like a Conrad Johnson PV5 (around $400) which will destroy any separate phono pre-amp.

Turntable...many choices. Sota, Oracle, Michell Gyro just to name a few. As mentioned above, don't skimp out on a crappy cartridge.

Happy hunting!