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Best turntable for the buck

I now amazingly find that my analog system has fallen behind my digital system in  SQ and I want to investigate how to improve it. 
Currently I have a heavily modified Rega RP3 turntable, with two power supplies, a new platter, sub-platter and other internal enhancements. My cartridge is the Clearaudio Virtuoso.
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?

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lewm
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Nferre66 +1

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rvpiano OP
2,513 posts
 

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

nferre66
28 posts
 

@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.

grislybutter
2,467 posts
 

I have the mmf-2.2, it's a giant lemon. The tonearm lift broke in 2 months. I have had so many problems and so little fun, I'd stay away from it

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