Thanks to everyone….definitely continue to contribute to help others…but I have more than enough to proceed. It may be a few months before I get something…probably in the form of the proverbial “anniversary/birthday” present.
I’ll report back this thread…
gonna reread the whole thread and all suggestions carefully….but some takeaways so far.
*honestly didn’t understand that having a competent phono pre-amp did NOT preclude an SUT (this, as they say, is bittersweet…love that I learned something and that there are some other avenues to “tune” phono sound… the bitter side: that solution adds extra pieces of equipment, adds extra cost and increases permutations for me to obsess over 🤪
*confirmed that the Grado stuff can definitely be very nice…but may not be a good match for my table/arm
*omg-so interested in experimenting with the “decca” carts..if I had the money/table I’d dive in tomorrow (maybe some day though)
*really like what I’m hearing about the Nagaokas, D103 and the Benz carts …Shelters still in the picture too.