Hi Newbee,
You need to give us more information about your system, your goals, and what "moderate"means in the context of your finances. Your comments about downsizing because you don't listen to much vinyl anymore reminds me of the stereotypical purchase of a musical instrument:
"we'll get little Johnny an inexpensive guitar and if he likes it, we can consider something better".
While this may be fine from a family finance perspective, little Johnny (unless truly inspired) is likely to give up in despair, as the high fret action causes his fingers to bleed (not even mentioning the other shortcomings).
Space and family commitments can be a valid reason to phase out vinyl, but know that I've made a Dual 1229 / Denon cartridge combo sing with the angels - for approximately a $500 investment. Couple this with a Hagerman Coronet or his Bugle phono stage, and I challenge you to make better music from a digital front end costing twice (or ten times) the price. Notice that I used the word "music" and not "sound" in the previous sentence.
Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier
You need to give us more information about your system, your goals, and what "moderate"means in the context of your finances. Your comments about downsizing because you don't listen to much vinyl anymore reminds me of the stereotypical purchase of a musical instrument:
"we'll get little Johnny an inexpensive guitar and if he likes it, we can consider something better".
While this may be fine from a family finance perspective, little Johnny (unless truly inspired) is likely to give up in despair, as the high fret action causes his fingers to bleed (not even mentioning the other shortcomings).
Space and family commitments can be a valid reason to phase out vinyl, but know that I've made a Dual 1229 / Denon cartridge combo sing with the angels - for approximately a $500 investment. Couple this with a Hagerman Coronet or his Bugle phono stage, and I challenge you to make better music from a digital front end costing twice (or ten times) the price. Notice that I used the word "music" and not "sound" in the previous sentence.
Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier