Zardozmike,
If this is your first foray into getting a good analog rig you need to ask yourself a few questions?
Do you really want to go through the hastle of trying different arms and carts for what purpose? Most people want to just play a record without any hastle.
Do you wish a more trouble free easy to use and setup combination or do you really wish to be fiddling with your analog?
We would recomend you consider the Rega P 8 Alpheta 2 combo which runs brand new around $4,200.00
What you get is a nearly $2k cart for $1.2k as part of the package.
You get a completely integrated tonearm, table, and phono cartridge that have been designed to work as a fully compliementary set of products.
You get an already setup and fully maximized table.
The sound quality of the new Rega P8 is fantastic, fast, clean, huge soundstage, great rhythmic quality.
The Rega p8 and p 10 are based on the $30k Rega Nyad test bench reference table.
http://www.rega.co.uk/planar-8.html
http://www.the-ear.net/review-hardware/rega-planar-8-turntable-and-arm
http://www.rega.co.uk/uploads/p8-john-min.pdf
https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/rega-planar-8apheta-2
You will not find a table arm combo for this price point which can touch this table.
For these reasons we recomend the Rega tables over this price point we do recomend other tables for this price range we have studied the market and have yet to find a table arm phono cart combo that we would take over the Planer 8/Alpheta 2 combo.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Rega dealers
If this is your first foray into getting a good analog rig you need to ask yourself a few questions?
Do you really want to go through the hastle of trying different arms and carts for what purpose? Most people want to just play a record without any hastle.
Do you wish a more trouble free easy to use and setup combination or do you really wish to be fiddling with your analog?
We would recomend you consider the Rega P 8 Alpheta 2 combo which runs brand new around $4,200.00
What you get is a nearly $2k cart for $1.2k as part of the package.
You get a completely integrated tonearm, table, and phono cartridge that have been designed to work as a fully compliementary set of products.
You get an already setup and fully maximized table.
The sound quality of the new Rega P8 is fantastic, fast, clean, huge soundstage, great rhythmic quality.
The Rega p8 and p 10 are based on the $30k Rega Nyad test bench reference table.
http://www.rega.co.uk/planar-8.html
http://www.the-ear.net/review-hardware/rega-planar-8-turntable-and-arm
http://www.rega.co.uk/uploads/p8-john-min.pdf
https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/rega-planar-8apheta-2
You will not find a table arm combo for this price point which can touch this table.
For these reasons we recomend the Rega tables over this price point we do recomend other tables for this price range we have studied the market and have yet to find a table arm phono cart combo that we would take over the Planer 8/Alpheta 2 combo.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Rega dealers