Sold my ET2....now what?

Oh the arm is gone already, I'm just looking for its replacement. With so many geometries and design principles it can become overwhelming.
Something about the simplicity of a Rega always appeals to me though.
Schipo, as good a deal as I can get on the VPI arms, they are still much more expensive than the venerable RB300 or RB250. I understand the table will be excellent but I don't buy as much vinyl now because of the spiraling costs! As much as I love those big beautiful gatefolds, its tough to stick them in the cd player in my car ;-). If only they'd drop the CD in with each copy!

Thanks Dave, that was pretty insightfull! Unfortunately I hope my wife doesn't read this because if there is one thing she couldn't stand and that was inner groove distortion! I told her that arms were better now and it wouldn't pose a problem. I do agree with her that distortion in audio is really quite unacceptable. If you think about it, we spend thousands trying to extract music from grooves and if that comes with audible distortion then whats the point. Mistracking and groove distortion are worse than bad CDs in our book. IMO of course, to each is own.
Ive got a line on an AudioCraft AC3000 which looks pretty nice and obviously upscale from the REGA, but I'm still looking at the Jelco line with great interest. They kind of fill the gap between REGA RB300's and Used/new VPI's.
Miss our records though, so I better pull the trigger soon!