Advice for a new analog system


Hello everyone and thank you in advance for your advice.

I have made the decision to venture into the magical world of vinyl.
I was considering a VPI Avenger Direct (round 34K) turntable and CJ or Audio Research phono preamps.
As a cartridge I have in mind the Clearaudio Davinci.
I have been doing some research on Agon and apparently there are a lot of users who don't like VPI and considering the investment in the turntable I imagine there must be many options. 
I prefer the short cut of a single investment for life.
My system is Mc C1100, mc 1.25Kw and Dynaudio Evidence Platinum speakers.

What turntable and system would you recommend, I appreciate your advice.

 

ftrot

Showing 1 response by audioguy85

You can have a very nice analog set up for much less than that and have plenty left over to start a massive lp collection.

I’d say get yourself an Avid ingenium, a Music Hall mmf 7.3 or 9.3, a technics gr or g, a linn lp12 Magik, a new thorens td 1601 or td 124 dd, etc....listed pretty much in order of cost....for the phono preamp get a pro ject tube box ds2, a new ifi phono3, a tavish design classic or vintage, an Ear 834p, a tavish design Adagio,...cartridges would include the shure m97xe, ortofon 2m Bronze or black, the Hana el, the ortofon quintet blue or Bronze, a shelter 501, etc...just to name a few...grab yourself some nice Atlas phono cables or maybe cardas...any combo of all the above would not even come close to 60k and yet would all sound spectacular.

I personally own the music hall mmf 7.3 with ortofon 2m Bronze, the Avid ingenium plug & play, the thorens td 240-2 fully automatic with ortofon om10, and the technics mk7 with shure m97xe....all sound great. My phono preamp are the tavish design classic with nos tubes (rca, Sylvania and GE). I also use a Graham slee Era Gold v, and a musical fidelity lx lps...all great phono stages. For SUT’s I have both the Rothwell and the Jensen for my moving coil which include both the Hana el and ortofon quintet blue. Invest in a good turntable wall shelf and record cleaning machine such as the record Dr V. Also buy a good 10x eye loupe, a stylus brush, and good anti static record sleeves from sleeve city. 

My next purchase will be the thorens td 1500, $2999, but can be had below 2k if you buy over seas...it's received great reviews all over and is the revived thorens td 150 of yesteryear. Comes with ortofon 2m bronze....it's a steal.