Bang for the Buck


In the market for a turntable that won't break the bank and a cartridge that will be a pairing made in heaven.
     Open to suggestions.
watcher1
Tonearm is more important than cartridge. I use Trans-Fi Terminator air bearing tonearms, which I consider the best deal in high end ($1000), competing with any tonearm costing less than a new car.
*S*  OMG, a tangential fan....

Thanks, Terry....^5's,  "The only way to play..."  ;)
Right on @asvjerry . As I discovered, after spending too much on inferior products.
@roberjerman.............."

please tell us why the Pioneer PLX 700 is as good or better than the new Technics SL1200GR?  I am dying to know. 
Have a pair of Fairchild 255s with EL34 tubes and Quad57 electrstats and a pair o KLH9s. with a Quicksilver pre amp.