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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
elliottbnewcombjr
7,749 posts
 

just listed, terrific combination including Hagerman Phono Preamp ......

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650273410-sota-star-sapphire-turntable-series-3-amp-hagerman-cornet-preamp-package-deal-or-separate/

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ericrhodes1 OP
256 posts
 

Thanks @elliottbnewcombjr  I just pulled the trigger on a Technics SL-1500C in white. 

elliottbnewcombjr
7,749 posts
 

Congrats, that's a good choice for you, and you and I must agree, the best looking one of their models.

What cartridge will you start with?

elliottbnewcombjr
7,749 posts
 

another at160ml popped up on Yahoo Japan (refresh the page, it's there, up in 2 days, Japan is 14 hrs ahead of EST

https://auc.aleado.com/yahoo/lot?auctionID=x1211398997

 

 

 

jimbennet
193 posts
 

Careful of TT from Japan. They are likely 100 volt AC that does not work well on 120 volts AC.

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