Want to add vinyl to my system.

I have an old Empire 598, so I replaced the tonearm with a higher quality one and gave it a Nagaoka cartridge, the sound is spectacular, that platter weights 25 pounds, smoothest spin you can get, really brings the old vinyl to life. 

For me Once is start is hard to back to digital .

the work only for first installation after that either enjoy it or go up the chain .

tweak or upgrade is up to you .so satisfying playing and listening too.

You don't match a phono stage to a turntable! You match it to a cartridge, which you match to an arm.

I have a P8, which I love (make sure to isolate/suspend it properly), especially the RB 880 arm it comes with, a Sutherland LPS Insight phono stage and van den Hul MC One special cartridge. Lightish cartridge to go with a lighter arm in the Rega philosophy. Extremely quiet set up. Not looking for "warmth", just the details with a black background, good dynamics and set it and forget it strategy.

Best to find a local dealer you trust who will set it up for you and take the time to listen to what you want and not just sell you what he's got laying around.

@bwguy 

There are many good quality phono preamps/stages at many price points, so a budget would help us to narrow it down.  The Parasound Halo JC3+ or the PS Audio Stellar Phono Preamplifier are safe bets with lots of positive reviews 

A couple of other turntables recommended to me are the Mark Levinson 5105, EAT C Sharp, and VPI Prime.  Any thoughts on these models?