how much should I spend to get a better turntable than my current turntable?

Did you get more than $5?

@thecarpathian 

haha!

I sold my marantz for 5 times what I paid for it 10 years ago. 
I sold the mmf-2.2 for 1/5 of what I paid for it 8 years ago. 

NOT making it up!

Ok. So, if my calculations are correct (I’ve been working on them for the last half hour), if you paid more than a dollar for your Marantz, you did in fact-going out on a limb here-make more than $5.

Well then - Yahtzee!

I invite any fellow members with a mathematics background to check my numbers for accuracy.

@thecarpathian

I don’t know how to say this. This is not fun for me. Wife is absolutely monitoring these expenses. It’s incredibly hard for me to make new purchases. And once I do, I have to listen to "you bought another XYZ, that looks and sounds just like the old one but it cost twice more!!!! etc." which is super painful. So as much I love math and humor (I have the biggest humor) I don’t get your point.

mmf was $449

I bought the Marantz for $150.

Any more questions?

Just playing on the previous $5 shtick. I meant no harm. Think it's terrific you made a nice profit on the Marantz. I wish you good fortune with your new turntable.