I finally purchased a table and settled on a Feickert Volare 25th Edition. My original plan was to purchase a Feickert Trio (a one-armed version of the Firebird), but I decided to slow down to see if vinyl is a path to go down. My investment is modest compared to the Trio which would've put me around my $15k budget. The Volare 25 with its two motors is a step up from the standard version and it has a bigger footprint. Cartridge is a Hana ML.
Now, I just need a phono stage and would like to find a used BAT VK-P10SE or VK-12SE (if only to match my other BAT gear). I look forward to listening through boxes of unopened albums, but don't want to get too deep into vinyl until I'm sure that I want to go down this rabbit hole. (If not, I'll sell the rig and focus on my streaming game.)

