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best 'affordable' turntable with moving coil cart

Been itching to get back into vinyl and decided to go slowly and start with an affordable turntable around $500 or so. Problem is my preamp's phono (Supratek Chenin) requires a moving coil cartridge with output between .02 - 4.0 mv.

So I was thinking Music Hall MMF5.1 but wonder how well it's arm would pair with a moving coil cartridge. Any suggestions for a cheaper table that's arm works well with moving coil?
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johnnyb53
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Paraneer wrote:
Glad to hear you have embraced vinyl again. .... Not necessarily because it sounds better but because it sounds different. And I make a much more emotional connection to the music that's gets the toe's tapping that digital seldom would.
The way I put it is, "I'm not going to get into an argument about which sounds better, but I know that analog *feels* better. As with your "emotional connection," spinning vinyl puts a smile on my face and a bounce in my step. And that emotional connection and lifting of spirits--isn't that a prime function of music?I'll spin vinyl for as long as I have the spare time. With digital, it's often a relief when I'm done and turn it off.
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wolf_garcia
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Where do all the deleted posts go? Anyway…digital sources have given me plenty of listening fun over the years…a good jitter smoothing reclocking DAC and a tube amp helps, but if you have a collection of LPs like I do, going back to the early 60s, you need a system to play them on. Period. I use on older but beautiful Linn Basik/Akito/Sumiko Pearl setup that pulls beauty out of LPs and is also fun…high res!
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