I cautiously re-entered the vinyl world, read lots of posts both pro and con, so I just bought a cheap B+O turntable for starters, was encouraged enough to buy a used Music Hall MMF7. Pla;ying that through a Supratek Chenin preamp and Connie J MMF2250 amp and Revel Performa bookshelf speakers.
All I can say is I haven't turned my CD player on since then, rather than analyze the sound of my system, I'm getting foot tapping head nodding joy from the sound, something about the natural warmness of LP's, using a tubed preamp is part of the rightness.
I just got a cheap Spin Clean ($80) and a vintage discwasher brush for the cleaning duties.
One of the better suggestions I got regarding re-entering the LP world was having access to lots of cheap vinyl ups the fun factor.
I have that in spades, here in Baltimore, be sure to inspect any used lps, you can see quickly the beat up stuff, I usually pass on it, but most of what I'm finding is in surprisingly good shape, just needs some spring cleaning.