Ok guys,here is what I base my opinion on.All I got is a VPIjr,A Rega 300 arm,A Glider.(around 2grand new) Now I have seen this setup used, here, for 800.I'm not tring to say the classifieds are full of this combo.I did have mine "tricked" out.You loose the lame tone arm wire/din-a three piece affair w/ plastic connectors.Now one piece Cardas/straight back to the cartridge,into a cardas termination bloc,xlo3.1 phono cable.Ok,you get the tt pieces first do the other stuff later;I did...Wanna hear what digital it KILLS? Theta Data3,Gen 5a(mine and nearly 10 grand new)I got many duplicates cd/vinyl A buddy brought over his mo fiGold cd DSOM,was sure it would eat my vinyl mo fi version. should have seen his face.