Phono stages - Rega Aura vs Luxman EQ 500

@billstevensonson wrote "Or you might inherit a whole bunch of old records and need a less expensive MM cartridge because they are not pristine enough to want to use your very expensive MC cartridge."

I never considered that especially since I inherited a stack of old records from my neighbor.  

@tablejockey Are you complaining or shouting praise?  You are absolutely right, this is "Classic Audiogon" and one of it's main strengths.  I do hope you see that.

Shouldn't the OP at least get replies directly related to the original post?

 Also, the request is to not mention one's own personal gear- ignored.

Just an observation. No intended harm, or foul. 

Carry on

I own the Luxman EQ-500 and I will say it is an excellent piece of equipment. Standard features,: MC/MM selection with impedance settings, capacitance, gain settings in dB and others which I do not really use all that often but may be something one may be interested in utilizing. Comes with balanced outputs and can accommodate 3 Turntables. Consists of 2 -12Au7 and 4 - 12AX7 tubes. This may sway your decision to purchase a used unit  because tubes do take some work. I have replaced the original tubes with newly  labelled Telefunkens which I found the best sounding of the tubes I have rolled. For me tube rolling is something I am used to because 1, I have a stockpile of tubes from other tube units I have owned in the past and 2ndly I enjoy the hassle so to speak. The Eq-500 is discontinued and has now been replaced by the E-07 which is a solid state unit. Very similar in design and believe me, the Luxman units are solidly built i will assure you of that. I replaced my former phono preamp Music fidelity Nuvista 5 years back. No comparison to be honest. The Luxman is essentially dead quiet compared to the Nuvista and sonically way more rich and full sounding at least for my taste. Hope this helps.