Looking for more advice on purchasing a new turntable.


So I’m looking for Opinions/Advice from people who have high-end turntables and the experiences with. 
First, I’ll start with my system. It consists of a Prima Luna preamp and two Prima Luna amplifiers along with the prima Luna phone stage with a pair of magnepans 1.7 My budget for the table is $5000 new or used, but for that price I would want it to come with a really good cartridge otherwise, 4000 for the table and 1000 for the cartridge. 
Thanks I look forward to your recommendations. 

thedoc2004

Showing 1 response by elliottbnewcombjr

"along with the prima Luna phone stage"

please give us the model number so we know it's capabilities.

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Think long, think a few cartridges, perhaps MM, MC, and Mono, thus at least an arm with changable headshell, or, better yet,,the possibility of a second tonearm, with an alternate cartridge ready to go in seconds.

Two tonearms is terrific, but you need to figure out how to select the alternate arm/cartridge.

My vintage Tube Preamp has 2 MM Phono inputs

In my case, 3 arms, I use a SUT with 3 inputs and PASS for MM, and

I helped my friend with his wonderful Luxman Two Arm TT PD-444 which has a built in switch for the two arms.

This one has a new dust cover and two mounting plates

https://www.ebay.com/itm/375497779110?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338381866&toolid=10001&customid=7419254c-9584-11ef-a382-353635313061

you could pick a single arm to get started, add a second arm later. We put two Micro Seiki 505 arm's on his, 12" long on the rear left, 9" on the right. both removable headshells, 

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I helped my friend with a very versatile Technics SP-15, with the terrific arm base with instant arm height adjustment, changable arm wands, one of which is an S arm with removable headshell, it was/is a 3 speed monster, the modern units specs don't surpass it

https://www.ebay.com/itm/296674709589?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338381866&toolid=10001&customid=8c037d9a-9586-11ef-b317-353635313061