Best turntable for the buck

@bkeske ,

I know Jim somewhat personally, and I don't think you will find a more altruistic gentleman. :-)

Agreed 👍🏼 (But let’s not let it go to his head 😁 )

Not that it’s bad, but I want to look for  something that will significantly improve the sound of my current setup. 
Will about a 4K investment do that?

I'm sure you're considering the Rega Planar 8 w/ Ania.

@bkeske

”And I don’t care what anyone says, for me, vinyl is simply magical, and will always be better than my digital source.”

I have used vinyl for over 50 years and built ever better vinyl rigs to get the very best out of it. Until my digital rig bested it. My rig is shown under my UserID. Paradigms shift.

Good for you, have fun. I’ll do the same….and I do listen to all the various formats….but vinyl will always be preferred. It just sounds right and more ‘real’ to me.
 

As the kids used to say, ‘it’s all good’.