Choice of turntable ,tone arm and cartridge

Be prepared for a list of everyone else's TT choice. ;-) You can check my system page for my choice.

What kind of music do you listen to most? Do you like a warm, lush sound? Do you prefer a neutral sound? Do you want to hear the micro-details? How are your floors, do you need a suspended table? Are you sensitive to speed fluctuations and/or pitch accuracy? Do you want to set and forget your TT setup or do you prefer to tweak and tune to get the most from each lp?

I second Dan_ed's choice (Galibier) and of course also tell you to check the table I have (DPS)

;-)

Dear Fpooyandeh: Well as Dan point out ( with that budget ) there are many choices.

My advise to any audio friend is to put the money where it really counts or where it " weights " for the better/more.

From here IMHO is that your choice ( main subject ) goes first for the tonearm/cartridge items where the tonearm and cartridge choice be a good match, this tonearm/cartridge match is very important on the quality performance level.

Not knowing your music preferences but knowing the quality performance of the Dynavector XV-1 I could say that this one could be my first choice: it is an almost Universal cartridge that performs very well with any kind of music and I could say that match with different tonearms, with the one that I like it a little more is the SME V/IV.

Other than the XV-1 you can try the Colibri/Condor or Lyra Skala/Titan i, of course that you can try other wonderful cartridges ( MM ones ) like Nagaoka, Grado, Reson or B&O.

About TT I second Galibier too where you not only can have a very good build/design but very good advise/support from Galibier designer in self.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

The best part is that you will have a hard time going wrong with this budget. You will be able to find a great table, arm, cartridge, phono pre and ICs.

If you are looking to hear what our setups are in this price range you will open the floodgates. Is this what you want?