OK, what do you like? Vinyl sound or digital? Vinyl is a complex thing comprising TT selection, arm selection, cartridge choice based in some part on the arm used, and phono preamp selected to match the choice of cartridge for gain and loading factor. If these criteria are not met, you will end up with an unsatisfactory vinyl playback system. Oh yes, you don't have any records? No problem, that will run you thousands of $$$. You would be better off buying a much better cd player than the one you currently own. I mean, you are looking at a lot of money to get into vinyl in a satisfactory way. Take the money and buy a really good cd player like the EMM Labs or an Esoteric.
Considering going Vinyl--Please talk me out of it
I'm standing here on the vinyl cliff,peering over the edge...I had a TT in the eighties & nineties, an AR with the Underground Sound mods by George Merrill from Memphis, TN. It got destroyed in a series of moves, and my vinyl disappeared. I have a perfectly good CD player(Denon 1650AR),EAD PM2000 amp & EAD Ovation plus prepro, & thiel 2.3's. I would need a phono preamp before I could run whatever TT I obsess over enough to buy, as the Ovation has no phono stage. Push me over, or save me! mb