Ultimate $10K home office system for vinyl?


Looking for some advice/inspiration... If you had a $10K (USD) budget for a home office/listening room, which turntable/amps/speakers would you buy?  

Assume that the system will only be used for vinyl records - i.e. no CD player, radio etc. - just the best bang for buck vinyl-only system for $10K.  

 

 

capojacko

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@capojacko 

Perhaps this might help you.

The Absolute Sound magazine March 2024 issue#347 has tested+recommended components at all price points.

Stereophile has an online list here

Your question is so general.  There are so many combo permutations coupled by different subjective preferences it's probably not useful.  Even for a single component like speakers you'd get a lot of different answers. 

Do you prefer bookshelf on wall, stand mount, or floorstanders? Are you able to pull the speakers out into the room which most speakers require?  Tube or SS electronics (they usually sound very different)?  What type of music do you listen to?  What volume do you listen to?  New or used to save money?  

Maybe the best way to figure this out is to determine your speakers first, then see how much you have left to spend on the rest of your system - turntable, preamp, amp, phono preamp, cabling.

 

I disagree. 10k is a lot of money so to get an honest answer one has to do much evaluation and research. That’s what most audiophiles do to maximize the sonics on a limited budget. Often these cost/benefit decision are mentally taxing. I’m assuming you want a serious honest answer, otherwise it’s easy to come up with a 10k system to list. Not sure why you assume it’s easy unless you have deep pockets and money isn’t an issue. For the rest of us we put serious brainpower to stretch our money.

If your asking as a beginner with 10k on how to construct a system that is satisfying for you? - that’s a different question.  We’d then help you find components that would suit your sonic preferences within your budget.

Apologies of my previous post was too strong. Perhaps you didn’t realize that a serious answer was a lot of work. I really hate pointless busywork. Also, for you our preferences are not relevant when compared to your preferences. Only you can decide what you like.

…TAS (The Absolute Sound) has a lot more components especially at lower price points