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One turntable with two arms, or two turntables with one each - which would you prefer?

Which would you prefer, if budget allowed: one turntable with two tonearms or two turntables with one each? What would your decision criteria be?

And the corollary: one phono preamp with multiple inputs or two phono preamps?

Assume a fixed budget, but for the purposes of this question, the budget is up to the responder. Admittedly for this type of setup, there will be a sizeable investment once all components of the chain are factored in.

I'm curious to hear how people would decide for themselves the answer to this question. Or maybe you've already made this decision - what do you like about your decision or what would you differently next time?

Cheers.

dullgrin

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mijostyn
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IMHO a silly question, unless you are rolling in money.

The best way to go is, one of the best turntables you can afford and one of the best arms you can afford with one of the best cartridges you can afford.

Do not buy two fair set ups at the expense of one excellent one. If you have to spend some time setting up cartridges, so be it. You are cheap labor. 

There are usually limits in terms of space so, two arms on one turntable is the most space effective and also the above argument still holds, one great table vs two not so great tables. 

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