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Refurbish or Buy New Turntable

I have a question to put out to the forum. I have a Oracle Delphi mark ll turntable with an early Graham arm (Excalibur) and a Monster Apha Genesis cartridge (very low output mc .29mv). It has been in storage and I am ready to spin my vinyl once again. The table needs a belt and perhaps some suspension springs. My BAT VK 31SE preamp does not have enough gain to handle this cartridge and I was thinking of getting a higher output mc or a mm depending on compliance with the Graham arm.

My budget for the project is $ 1600 to $ 2000. In your opinion
will this old combination hold up against the new inexpensive table/arm combinations of today? Should I move on and look at Rega or the like combos?

Thanks in advance for any help!
ck

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ck OP
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Thanks for the great imput. I failed to indicate that my BAT pre-amp does have a phono stage but will not quite give me enough gain to play the system at acceptable volume levels. Does this change any opinions?

Any suggestions on cartridges? Amps are Nuforce 9V2se and driving a pair of Coincident Super Eclipse lll.
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