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Pick my next tonearm....PLEASE

Finding a good tonearm around $1500 (used or new) is almost impossible.  I've pretty much narrowed it down to two:

Rega RB 2000
SME 309


My table is an old (ancient) SOTA Star.  I have a variety of cartridges (Grado reference, Monster Cable, etc.) so I don't think  I will have difficulty finding something that would match in terms of compliance.  
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mijostyn
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The SME 309 would be just fine. The Grado should perform perfectly in it.
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chakster
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Finding a good tonearm around $1500 (used or new) is almost impossible.

I don't think so, look for:
-Technics EPA-100
-Lustre GST-801 
-Victor UA-7082  

just to name a few very nice tonearms that you can probably find under $1500 

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bdp24
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Kuzma Stogi (or Stogi Ref if you get real lucky), Helius Omega.
tbromgard
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Origin Live 
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noromance
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Both are fine tonearms. You may not need to spend so much though. Look at the Jelco 850S from George Merrill for around $900 with the JAC501 cable.
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