Phono for dummies

If your a classical enthusiast, its where vinyl really counts. Until I got to a really good CD player(modded Shanling CDT-100), I found classical CD's harsh and grating, I hardly ever played them, though rock sounded quite good.
I agree, go for a cheap and cheerful starter deck, perhaps with inbuilt phono stage and fitted cartridge, just plug and play. Rega and Project offer this I believe. I think you'll find even this humble combo will embarass a good CD player on classical reproduction. Bood luck

Thanks for all the inputs. I planing to purchase a Sota Sapphire III with Audioquest arm, Grado Reference. Can someone help me to pick a phono preamp that will match good with my Emotive Sira LE line stage?

Thank you!

i would reccomend the vpi scout setup with the jmw9 arm(both can be had for $1275 new), Dynavector P-75 phono stage($5-600), and the dynavector 10x5 cart ($300) email me if you would like to know where to find these prices.