3k budget for Turntable and Phono Noob- do I need external power supplies?

@lewm

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Absolutely. Best you can possibly afford before extra upgrading extras. Enjoy for many hours... the phono stage will need breaking in as well as the cartridge. 200 hours of vinyl play is listening to around 500 album sides. Rega or Project are great options. 

I like the Pro-Ject Extension 9 and the phono preamps. Pro-Ject makes good analog stuff. 

For that level of TT and cart, NO WAY!  As suggested, get the best you can afford now, buy a few hundred albums, listen, listen, listen, then forget the power supply and upgrade your TT a few times before you ever think PS again.  (Unless of course it is to upgrade a wall-wart PS to a real PS, which is generally well worth it!).

Hi check this out Music Hall makes a great turntable for the money quite reasonable, this table with the Ortofon 2M black Beethoven cartridge is as good as it gets for the money. Great Deal and then you can buy yourself a great phone stage for even better sounds.  The Vincent 701 is a superb starter phono stage.

https://www.usaudiomart.com/details/650104539-music-hall-ikura-double-plinth-a-special-offering-of-this-exceptional-turntable-with-ortofon-2m-blac/

You could try this combo out, Pioneer DJ PLX-1000: All specifications & features

Amazon.com: Pioneer PLX-1000 Professional Direct Drive Turntable - Black Bundle with Headphones, Slipmat, Cleaning Kit, and Austin Bazaar Polishing Cloth : Electronics

parasound  ZPhonoXRM + the audio technica AT33PTG/2 | Audio-Technica

All this for around $2,000.00

This is a great turntable for the money, along with a phono preamp and cartridge.