I gave my friend an SP-15 in a black base, with a Grace arm, here's one in Rosewood, with the EPA-B500 Base, and the removable S arm-wand, for removable headshells. I installed that arm base on my friend's unit, the combo is compact and awesome

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.
Technics 1500 comes in black, silver, or white, much nicer looking IMO new $1,500. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0640/9584/6635/files/SL-1500C_4pg_Catalog_US_0418.pdf?v=1658257086 used $1,280 plus ship
specs include a dust cover that they don’t even show. |
@elliottbnewcombjr those are all great looking choices. Tucson isn’t a bad drive. I could visit a dealer of mine north of there on the way. Thank you for all the great suggestions. |