Best turntable for the buck

ghdprentice,

Thanks so much for sharing your voyage through the seas of audio.
‘Very valuable information.
As I’m listening to the new preamp I’m liking it more and more. It seems, on my system at least, analog and digital have different flavors, both of which I’m enjoying greatly. I wish, like you, I could equalize them, but, for now, I’m appreciating both for what they do.

‘For the time being I’m a happy camper.

OP,

Yes, high end audio is a journey that is best celebrated at every stage.

Nferre66 +1

I had let my collection of 2000+ near mint LPs fall into disuse before buying this Phon. 
‘Now I’m really enjoying them.

@rvpiano

The importance of a high quality phono stage is often ignored.  The phono preamp may have the toughest job on all of audio- amplification of a tiny signal while adding as little noise as possible. On top of that it needs to provide accurate RIAA equalization.

Ron Sutherland really knows his stuff. You’ve bought a very high quality unit that should satisfy for many many years to come. It’ll also easily keep up (or ahead of) improvements in the rest of your playback chain, should you decide to upgrade in the future.