Newbie help - Building a system from scratch

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There's no one right answer to these questions because everything matters. Even the way I would do it myself if it were for myself or if someone were paying me would be different if I was doing it for "one and done" vs doing it to get started. Because one and done (which I have done for people) everything is very evenly budgeted out to maximize sound at that price. But most of us that is only a starting point.  

So the system I recommended has you with speakers that are by far the best part of the system, followed by a pretty darn good amp, and then merely above average phono, etc. This makes sense to me because it will sound awesome right now while at the same time giving you max upgrade flexibility. With really good speakers, cables and amp you could go to an excellent stand alone phono stage, or turntable.  

But you could also get much less speakers, pretty ones with WAF and try and make them sound good with a better amp like a Raven integrated. There's a lot of WAF speakers. What there aren't many of is DI quality sounding speakers. But your Rogue is a good idea because a) tube integrated and b) phono stage. 

The biggest challenge with analog is its really four essential components: table, arm, cart, stage. You could spend $6k on those alone and much less on the rest and yet still achieve excellent results. This is how Linn started back in the day, taking the LP12 to stores and hooking it up to their cheapest system and letting people hear it sounds better than their most expensive one. 

So its not just what you get now, but what you might get going forward. Those speakers, amp and cables will be as awesome if you wind up mostly streaming as if you wind up like me playing almost all records. But if you go records then you will be happy to have the option of adding a stand alone phono stage, or better table, or better cartridge. Or heck even a much better rack for the table. Any or all of these are great ways to grow starting from that base. If that is even what you want to do. 

That's the way my system got to what you see today. 16 years ago it was this https://theanalogdept.com/c_miller.htm Before that it was a McCormack amp on a board on the floor. No kidding.

Ok Swissified, you have a large room and you want to use a tube amp on a budget  listening to rowdy music. You are going to need very efficient Loudspeakers. I already know what you think too big is. Speakers always come first. Klipsch Heresy's should do fine. They are small, are very clean and neutral their only defect being a lack of significant bass below 40 Hz (just like every other floor stander near it's price range), they go very loud on minimal power and they have a very handsome retro look.
Rogue Cronus Magnum 3 will drive the Heresy's to an easy 110 dB no problem.  This system is now above the Rega 3's paygrade. I would go with a Clearaudio Concept/Satisfy tonearm and put a Charisma MM cartridge in it. The Charisma in perhaps the best rock and roll cartridge I have ever heard. You would have to spend serious money on a MC cartridge to get one as dynamic. Easily over 6 grand.  My Ortofon Windfeld Ti Cartridge, as great as it is can not keep up with the Charisma playing Rock and Jazz. 
Down the line you can think of hiding subwoofers somewhere:)
Oh, and just to give millercarbon a headache Tekton speakers are garbage.

If vinyl is going to be your prime source you should spend a tad more on the turntable. Technics make outstanding tables!!
https://www.overtureav.com/turntables-a-accessories/turntables/technics/

You should totally get the Double Impacts. Sound quality uber alles, and even the wife will eventually be won over with how good her favorite music sounds. Not kidding. Tekton has it down. Cover them up with dust covers if you must. 

But if not then like me and Mike both said you need more efficient speakers. Heresys will be fine. They won't have as great bass as DIs but even DIs will benefit from a DBA and that will be on your upgrade list but at $3k you can put it off for now. 

I agree with yogiboy its better to have a great turntable but that is one where I think you are much better off to start with something decent and learn. Because there's a lot going on with a turntable, a whole bunch of things make a huge difference and it just takes time and experience to know. There's only so much you can learn reading blog posts and reviews. Turntables and tone arms more than any other component you actually touch and handle the darn things and look at them up close and its really nice when you actually like all that stuff. This is something very hard to appreciate until you've been doing it a while. All of which is why I think its fine to start with something simple like the Rega.  

Again there is no right or wrong just a lot of different options with each one offering a different set of pros and cons.