I think the Dr. Feikert Volare is a great choice, but you need to buy a phono preamp also as there is not one in your preamp. It will be a squeeze to get this turntable along with a phono preamp and cartridge in your $4,000 budget.
Starting research for turntable
I'm beginning my research for a turntable, first of all there's a $4,000 ceiling second hand is okay. What I would like is a belt drive with a tonearm and maybe cartridge to begin with, I do want the ability to try different tonearm and cartridge combinations. I've looked at many manufacturers and some I'm looking at are the Dr. Feikert Volare, Sota Sapphire, Music Hall mmf 9.1, VPI Prime and Scout. If you recommend others to look for that will be appreciated. I will probably have only one table and want some versatility. My music interests are primarily Jazz, Folk, Classical, Blues and vintage rock. I'm listing my components below.
McIntosh mc75 mono amps vintage
PrimaLuna EVO 100 Tube Preamplifier new
PrimaLuna EVO 100 Tube DAC new
Bluesound node 2i streamer new
Dayton sa1000 subwoofer amplifier new
EMERALD PHYSICS KCII PRO speakers new
Duke 24 subwoofer x 4 new
Bluejean cables through out new
Listening room size 20' long x 14' wide x 9' in height
Bass traps and absorbers throughout the room.
Thanks
Mike
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Zardozmike, If this is your first foray into getting a good analog rig you need to ask yourself a few questions? Do you really want to go through the hastle of trying different arms and carts for what purpose? Most people want to just play a record without any hastle. Do you wish a more trouble free easy to use and setup combination or do you really wish to be fiddling with your analog? We would recomend you consider the Rega P 8 Alpheta 2 combo which runs brand new around $4,200.00 What you get is a nearly $2k cart for $1.2k as part of the package. You get a completely integrated tonearm, table, and phono cartridge that have been designed to work as a fully compliementary set of products. You get an already setup and fully maximized table. The sound quality of the new Rega P8 is fantastic, fast, clean, huge soundstage, great rhythmic quality. The Rega p8 and p 10 are based on the $30k Rega Nyad test bench reference table. http://www.rega.co.uk/planar-8.html http://www.the-ear.net/review-hardware/rega-planar-8-turntable-and-arm http://www.rega.co.uk/uploads/p8-john-min.pdf https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/rega-planar-8apheta-2 You will not find a table arm combo for this price point which can touch this table. For these reasons we recomend the Rega tables over this price point we do recomend other tables for this price range we have studied the market and have yet to find a table arm phono cart combo that we would take over the Planer 8/Alpheta 2 combo. Dave and Troy Audio Doctor NJ Rega dealers |
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