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Advice on turntable rig

Im looking for advice on a turntable. My budget for a turntable is 2500-4000. I hardly ever see tonearmless rigs for sale. Some guy at Musicdirect raved about Avid and Mitchell rigs and didnt like the VPI. Ive always have been leaning towards VPI TNT but I would love to hear suggestions:

Ive already got: Graham 2.2 tonearm
Benz Ruby 2
XONO Phono preamp

Home built Nelsen Pass BOSOZ
Duntech Black Knight Speakers
Aleph 1.2 amps(sooon listening to a X5 now)

Thanks,
Tom
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hack
185 posts
 
I love Oracles, and there's one here on the 'gon:

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1221603586
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clio09
3,355 posts
 
Graham arms have been known to work well with SOTA tables. You might be able to get a Nova in your price range.
almandog
141 posts
 
Tom,
I was in the same situation like you a year ago and after reading a lot of reviews and going through the threds aon Audiogon, here is what I ended up doing:
I bought a Music Hall MMF 5 turntable, a Marantz turntable, and a VPI scout turntable to listen to for myself and compare them. I liked the VPI scout the best because of the bass and sound stage that it produces, and I even like how it looks. I sold the others. I am now doing the same thing for phono cartridges: Ortofon 2M Black, Goldring 1042, and a Dynavector DV20H. So far I like the Ortofon the best because it sounds livilier, more bass, and tracks well. My second choice is the Dynavectoe. I think with the budget you have you could not go wrong in getting a VPI scout Master.
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