Turntable setup of your dreams

AsSiMiLaTeD
AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
edited May 2004 in Electronics
Lets say you have a budget of $10,000...

What's you TT rig gonna consist of (TT, needle, cratridge, etc)???
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited May 2004
    That is pretty limiting... Maybe, oh, well, possibly what I have but with a better cart...
    :D
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
  • rlw
    rlw Posts: 231
    edited May 2004
    A little over the mark, if you count the IC and phono stage:

    Michell Orbe, SME-V, Lyra Helikon, TG Audio IC, Pass XOno phono stage.

    Drop the IC and phono stage, and it's right on budget. FWIW, after living with this rig for 3-4 years, I'd do it the same. It continues to satisfy musically, and I'm not seriously "jonesing" to upgrade.

    The other thing to consider - if you're kickin' around this kind of investment - is that the stand you put the table on makes an immense difference. The better the table, the better a stand you'll want to invest in, IME. Put my table on a Salamander rack, and the dynamics go away, surface noise increases, the bass sounds all mushy, and it just ain't fun anymore.

    So toss in another 2k-8k for a rack, depending on the floor.