Ciao rsf507,
il mio hifi pusher ( 😉 ) sold me a brand new AVID Classic + Benz LP cartridge for a great price. I reused my beloved tome arm, SME V (which is the perfect AVID companion) .
AVID is great, simpler to manage and robust as a tank. Sparta has 2 engines therefore the probability that you can be in trouble is twice .. Tech Das is not well supported in Italy.
Anyway, the TT cable is FM Acoustics and I reused it too.
Thanks for asking me. Next step will be interconnect cables.