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Newbie turntable Upgrade

So I broke my cardinal rule about not going down the Vinyl Rabbit-hole, now this Alice-in-Wonderland owns a Fluance RT85, 4,count them, FOUR phonostages (Parasound XRM, Darlington Labs, Sutherland , and a Waxwing to feed my dac) Ortofon 2M Blue, and Bronze, and a Denon DL-110 cartridge along with a bunch of decent jazz and classic rock lp's. Now the need to upgrade the turntable has risen. Looking for suggestions that doesn't exceed $2K usd.

I value your opinions. 

ericrhodes1
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audphile1
7,948 posts
 

A used VPI Prime Scout should be well under $2,000

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larsman
3,158 posts
 

There is a Technics 1200 GR2 now, so the GR will be cheaper than it was. The Technics website has it for $1799. 

seismicfrog
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I can confirm that GR deal at Sunny is legit. Picked up one for $1695 (1210GR) and a Hana SH cart on closeout (mk1). Today is a recabling day, but I am thrilled. My first table. 
 

All in I was spinning for <$3000 with a Waxwing preamp. Very good times. Set it up last Sunday. 

elliottbnewcombjr
7,782 posts
 

Vlad has this one, I bought my TT81 from him, I highly recommend him. My friend bought a Micro Seiki 505 arm from him, I installed it on his Luxman PD444, it's terrific.

https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/650114903-victor-tt-101-top-model-turntable-with-micro-seiki-tonearm-in-excellent-condition/

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