I really appreciate all of the great advice. I have increased by budget to around $5K all in and have narrowed my choices down to the VPI Prime Scout or the Dr. Feickert Volare. I decided against the Rega Planar 8. I’ve had nothing but Rega since returning to vinyl but I am ready to try something different. (I have to admit paying that much for something that unsubstantial looking is a factor albeit a superficial one.) I’m looking at a variety of cartridge and phono stage options including potentially doing a tube phone stage. I didn’t realize you could do that if you had a solid state integrated but I have been enlightened. As always I welcome and appreciate any and all comments from this forum.
Turntable Advice Needed
I am looking to move my existing Rega RP3 to a secondary system and upgrade to a new turntable for my primary system. Current setup is a Plinius Hiato integrated with Dynaudio Contour 3.4 speakers. I stream via an Innuous Zenith server and a Lumin T2 streamer. I am extremely happy with the sound I am getting from this setup but think a turntable upgrade might be in order. Since I’ve had the Rega P1 and P3 my first thought was to just upgrade to the new P6. As I know nothing about the “sound” of different turntables I really don’t know what I might be missing. I’m not a big tweaker but just want something that sounds good. Spending range is probably in the $1,500 -$2,500 range and I will also need a phono preamp. I can be persuaded to spend a bit more but am looking for the best sound/value ratio I can find. I’ve read in some threads that Rega lacks a bit in bass but I really don’t have anything to compare it to.
I would very much appreciate any thoughts/advice folks might be willing to share.
Many thanks
I would very much appreciate any thoughts/advice folks might be willing to share.
Many thanks
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