1. Home
  2. analog
  3. 182205-140740

Best turntable under $4000

I am looking to take the next step in my analog journey. I currently am using a Fluance RT85 with ortofon 2m blue. I have a Rogue Audio cronus magnum iii. I am running them with Kef 104/2 's. Fluance seems to get alot of hate on here. I was considering a cartridge upgrade but I am hesitant to upgrade more then the cost of the table. I don't hear much background noise and like the sound. I guess I am wondering if I don't know I hear noise because I have not heard a turntable that eliminates that noise? When I went from my Onkyo to my Rogue Sphinx iii I realized I had been missing a whole lot of sound. Then I ditched my rebuilt EPI M150's and heard hidden instruments in tracks I have listened to for years. I am looking for that in a turntable upgrade.  Apperance is important. I have interest in the following:

Clear Audio Concept Wood w/ maestro v2

Mofi fender precisiondeck w/ mastertracker

Stretching my budget is:

Dr. Feikert Volare no cartridge

Gold Note Pianosa no cartridge

These take me out of my budget once I get a cartridge

Any other reccomendations 

I will miss the autostart function for those buzzed listening nights. I would like the 4k to include a cartridge. Any opinions are welcome. Anyone think I should say screw the "rules" and get an Ortofon black?

 

Thank you in advance

cpdkee
lewm
14,693 posts
 

I would take issue with many of your suppositions, but there would be no point. Every major brand has its advocates on this forum, and questions such as the one posed by the OP are bound to elicit support for each of those brands. Or hadn’t you noticed support for SOTA, Rega, Linn, Thorens, and you name it, which predictably pepper all threads about choosing a turntable or what turntable is best? Perhaps you don’t notice those other sets of “fanboys”, because you’re so obsessed with your Technics phobia.

Why not make a constructive suggestion for the OP, instead of wallowing in your bias against Technics?

grislybutter
3,627 posts
 

"Or hadn’t you noticed support for " no I have not, I feel the pro-Technics comments are a lot more vehement as if they know the truth like no one else. They are also more condescending about other brands. 

audioguy85's avatar
audioguy85
2,049 posts
 

@whart, yes it does. It is modeled after the original thorens 150. Great reviews, I think I’m grabbing one. Really don’t need it, as I already own the Avid ingenium, Music Hall 7.3, and a Technics mk7, not to mention a fully auto thorens td240-2, and a vintage Lenco L90.

My Technics mk7 is a pretty nice turntable for the money, and fun to use. I pretty much got it for half price, so I mean to me it was a steal. I got a shure m97xe on it with the stabilizer brush, pretty cool and retro looking. That Shure is going for outrageous money nowadays on ebay and the like. 

plinko
256 posts
 

A lot of childish posts here…geez.  

lewm
14,693 posts
 

Serenity now!

More to discover