If you must have belt drive, I would favor Dr Feickert from your list. That unit comes with an Origin Live tonearm and a nice cartridge. The Dr Feickert turntables are some of the few that make an effort to reduce belt slippage and "belt creep", two phenomena that contribute to speed irregularity of belt drive technology. I'd opt for the Delrin platter, too.
TT or Cartridge...what to buy?
Well the time has come to purchase a new cartridge and I'm now pondering the idea of a completely new table instead.
My current table is a Clearaudio Concept with Verify Tonearm and Concept V2 MM cart.
My current phono/pre is a ModWright LS 100 with Tube Phono stage. Currently setup for MM cartridge.
I'm a little stuck with purchase options for a cartridge as the shops near me only carry a limited amount and I'd prefer to buy local. I want to stick with MM because that is what my Phono stage is setup for and I'd rather not have to purchase a new tube to upgrade to MC at this time.
I've narrowed it down to Ortofon 2M series either Blue, Bronze, or Black. I do realize these are all different budgets but my budget is about $1k for a cart at this time.
If I do in fact decide to upgrade my TT I could extend my budget to about $4k (TT & Cart) maybe if I shuffle things correctly and if I'm able to sell my current table. If I do go with a new table then I might also consider MC for the cart also.
I honestly don't know what tables are available locally at my budget. I'm ok with buying used as well.
I realize this is a 2 part conversation with a lot of variables. Please give me your input and valuable knowledge to help me decide which path to choose.
My current table is a Clearaudio Concept with Verify Tonearm and Concept V2 MM cart.
My current phono/pre is a ModWright LS 100 with Tube Phono stage. Currently setup for MM cartridge.
I'm a little stuck with purchase options for a cartridge as the shops near me only carry a limited amount and I'd prefer to buy local. I want to stick with MM because that is what my Phono stage is setup for and I'd rather not have to purchase a new tube to upgrade to MC at this time.
I've narrowed it down to Ortofon 2M series either Blue, Bronze, or Black. I do realize these are all different budgets but my budget is about $1k for a cart at this time.
If I do in fact decide to upgrade my TT I could extend my budget to about $4k (TT & Cart) maybe if I shuffle things correctly and if I'm able to sell my current table. If I do go with a new table then I might also consider MC for the cart also.
I honestly don't know what tables are available locally at my budget. I'm ok with buying used as well.
I realize this is a 2 part conversation with a lot of variables. Please give me your input and valuable knowledge to help me decide which path to choose.