Turntable recommendation

Why bother? If you are happy with streaming, why would you want to commit to the expense of building a vinyl option?

A good turntable is expensive.

A good cartridge is expensive.

A good phono amp is expensive.

Building a vinyl collection is very expensive.

Spending that much for something that will get "light use" makes very little sense.

Vinyl is a commitment, not a whim.

Nothing wrong with having options and a small collection of records and CDs in my opinion. Thanks for responding.

I get tremendous enjoyment out of my (now classic?) old Technics SL-1200 MK2 with an Ortofon Red cartridge. Many on this forum insist that anything less than a mega thousand TT (only belt drive accepted) equipped with a MC cartridge feeding into a multi thousand-dollar phono amp will pass muster, As they say, let your ears be the arbiter. You are operating in the same price sphere as myself. Unless you are a golden ear, lots of great options out there for under $1K, all in.

If you want new with warranty a Schiit Mani (phono preamp) and a Rega P1 (it comes with a decent cartridge) would run around $750.

I listened to the P1 last year when I was demoing a pair of speakers and liked the sound through a Rega integrated/phono amp.

The Mani is positively reviewed.

Fluance decks (less expensive than Rega P1) seem to be well received, but they lack VTA adjustment which would make them a no-go for me (others don't seem to mind).

DeKay

U-turn audio makes reasonably priced turntables that always get good reviews.