A turntable?

Among the budget tables, it is very hard to beat the Regas. IMO they are quite a bit better overall than Project and Music Hall tables, especially in the areas of soundstaging and imaging. Many Rega dealers will give you a great deal on a Rega cartridge if you purchase it with the table, so that's another plus. My Bellari VP129 phono pre matches well with my Rega P5, so I would recommend that as well.

A package will not come with a phonostage but your Pioneer has one. If you decide for some reason to get a modern amp you will more likely than not need buy a phonstage . The way to avoid nuying one is to make sure the amp is an integrated or preamp with the typically more expensive version with a phono stage. If you stick with anything made before 1985 or there about it will always have a MM phono at least.

Thanks for all the help. What are the pros/cons of MM or MC? I actually have my eye on some older TT's Denon DP-59/60 series. I recognize that certainly 30 years worth of technology is a plus to getting a Music Hall, Rega or project but does it really matter?

"I recognize that certainly 30 years worth of technology is a plus to getting a Music Hall, Rega or project but does it really matter?"

No. A good rig is a good rig, old or new.

Good build quality on a new rig will probably cost more though of course than similar build quality with an older used rig.

It... it didn't work out. My only high school girlfriend. She abided my acne, weirdo insecurity, punk record obsession, funny smells, and my ability to communicate with my Nintendo and my D&D group much more than I could actual humans with feelings.

For so long. I ran into her in college, awkwardly hit on her again, and was more jealous than I should have been when she started hanging out with my buddy, despite the fact that I was seeing someone at the time as well.

 I'd quit the D&D, traded the trenchcoat for some nascent-hipster tight pants and a giant Nick-Cave-In-Birthday-Party-shock-hurricane-haircut, had jobs writing for a weekly rag and selling Toadies CDs at a record store, but the insecurity and bewilderment were still there at the time.