@fritzenheimer “Would I be wasting my money to get a turntable?"
being audiophile IS about wasting money! :-)
Sure! nice DD/heavy-BD TT with good cartridge is $$$$!
I see you are looking to replace M33 with.. I would recommend to look class A amp if you don’t need more than 40W output power, AB class SS amps with high bias are cool when you need to shake the3 walls! Tube amps, sound extremely “analog” and are more “analog” than SS brothers, but pl be prepared for high maintenance cost, tube replacement etc.