I hope you read this before comitting to what ever you buy . First the Ortofon red even though a good cartridge for its price is rather rough in its sound .
But what ever cartridge you buy the ultimate sound you are able to get out of it depends on the tonearm and its support or turntable . Best sound quality for cartridges are in the moving coil camp which normally are low compliance so if you go with moving coil you would need a at least a medium mass tonearm and a high mass tonearm as best option .
Moving magnets are high compliance so a low mass arm would be best or a true medium mass as the ones that come with project turntables .
So whatever turntable you buy check the tonearm and its quality and mass . Rega makes excellent and very musically capable turntables and its tonearms are great . Clearaudio and VPI also design very capable turntables with very good tonearms .
You can't go wrong wirh either of these options . Your Ortofon 2m red will sound better with any of them . If you go with Rega go from the 3 upwards , VPI scout upwards or Clearaudio concept upwards . All are in your price range with left over cash for a better cartridge ( but not much ) . Project also is a option in its higher range turntable but if it were me I'll go with the ones I mentioned . Take care .
But what ever cartridge you buy the ultimate sound you are able to get out of it depends on the tonearm and its support or turntable . Best sound quality for cartridges are in the moving coil camp which normally are low compliance so if you go with moving coil you would need a at least a medium mass tonearm and a high mass tonearm as best option .
Moving magnets are high compliance so a low mass arm would be best or a true medium mass as the ones that come with project turntables .
So whatever turntable you buy check the tonearm and its quality and mass . Rega makes excellent and very musically capable turntables and its tonearms are great . Clearaudio and VPI also design very capable turntables with very good tonearms .
You can't go wrong wirh either of these options . Your Ortofon 2m red will sound better with any of them . If you go with Rega go from the 3 upwards , VPI scout upwards or Clearaudio concept upwards . All are in your price range with left over cash for a better cartridge ( but not much ) . Project also is a option in its higher range turntable but if it were me I'll go with the ones I mentioned . Take care .