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What's the cost of an entry level vinyl setup?

I'm just curious how much it would cost to get the equipment required to make vinyl worth listening to. I know players are available for cheap, but would anticipate the sound quality to be the same.

What would be your recommendation to go with a system worth about $5,000 in total? Is there a significant advantage to vinyl at this level? I've heard vinyl on high enough equipment to know that at it's best it's better than digital, but am not sure what it would cost for the average joe to get a quality sound.
mceljo
cajunpepe
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Sorry, I misread your post...I thought you were looking for a table combo for 5k.
There are some great starters for $500 or so...Rega and ProJect come to mind. The carts are included on many of them so you would only need a phono pre and maybe some isolation as the tables are not very massive.
There are many combos for $1500 if that can fit your budget.
Audiofeil has a few suggestions in another post now under analog...I believe it is the one called "How much $$$ for vinyl setup to equal digital" or something like that.

What is your budget and do you want new or can used fit the bill??

Pepe
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mceljo OP
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Thanks for the info. This is more of a "phishing" thread at this point to learn more about vinyl. I'll look for the thread you referenced. It would take a lot to convince me to get into vinyl. If I ever have a dedicated audio room it would be much more tempting to play around with.
calbrs03
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I began with $2200 a year or so ago. I'm up to $6000+ at this point. Really good sound can be had at $3000.
polk432
1,142 posts
 
Check out what you can have done to a Linn Sondek 12 TT on ebay.co.uk look under consumer electronics Linn Sondek 12...the Inspire system. I have one being built as of this week. I kept my platters belt and tonearm since they are easy to install. Happy listening.
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