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what would you get for 1000$ ?

This is my first step into the madness. I have an old, no-name TT I use to play blues and orchestral records and want to get into something nicer. sub 1000, cart and all. having a hard time...
I'm looking at some of the used things on here and vinyl nirvana. Thorens 150 mod with an RB 300, pro-ject 2 xperience (with either a blue point 2 or a suk pearl and cardas silver wire upgrade), an mmf-7 - all for about the same price. Any suggestions in general? Am I looking in the completely wrong direction?
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rlwainwright
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What JohnnyB53 said, get the Technics. You might also consider a Shure V15 cart to go with that, but the Denon is a fine cart, too.

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piedpiper
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Thanks for restating Metalsymph. Good question, and not easily answered. There has definitely been some evolution in TT design but economy of scale and inflation make it a complex question with no definitive answer IMHO. But that's ok. You're likely to do fine and enjoy your music no matter how you cut it.
johnnyb53
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08-10-07: Piedpiper
Thanks for restating Metalsymph. Good question, and not easily answered. There has definitely been some evolution in TT design but economy of scale and inflation make it a complex question with no definitive answer IMHO.
And that's what you get with the Technics platform and the Rega-sourced arm. You can buy both new rather than used, but in both cases economy of scale gives you more performance for the money spent.

This is a $400 platform with noise and speed accuracy figures of a $2K-$3K platform combined with the only sub-$1K tonearm (or an assembly-line cousin) in S'phile Class B.

You really can get both plus the Denon DL-160 for $1K or a little less.
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