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Up grade to a new turntable

Hello FriendsI wish to upgrade my turntable!!My music taste, is 70.s rock, blues, jazz rock, new wave, male vocals etc!!Here in Australia, there only a few turntables available!!, at my price, as I'm on a pension!!, I have mad a list!!1. Well Tempered Labs, reference, with a reference, arm, this is used in mint condition, that has been set up by the importer!! , but at a price $4,000!!, but with a Dynavector 20 xx high output, I'm using  low output, at the moment, on my "Once Analog" turntable!!, so I don't now how it would sound, would the higher output, sound harsh, on my phono stage, in MC, or should I switch to MM??
2.VPI prime scout, at around $5,000!!3. Kuzma Stabi, with basic arm, or if I have the money, a upgrade arm??4. Scu audio, premier, with same arm??Hoping someone can help me, with advice??Many ThanksDavid SpryAustralia
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chakster
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Here in Australia, there only a few turntables available!!, at my price, as I’m on a pension!

Better high-end turntables for lower price for you: 
Technics SL1200G for $4000 or SL1200GR for $1700
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Technics tonearm has VTA on the fly, Lustre tonearm has VTA on the fly, Ikeda tonearms with B60 has VTA on the fly, Reed 3p tonearm has VTA and azimuth on the fly. Those are my favorite tonearms. VTA on the fly is great feature when you swap cartridges. If you use one cartridge matched to specific tonearm then you don’t need VTA on the fly, but there must be VTA adjustment anyway, tonearms without any VTA adjustment like Rega are junk.
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BTW:
…Dynavector 20 xx high output, I’m using low output, at the moment, on my "Once Analog" turntable!!, so I don’t now how it would sound, would the higher output, sound harsh, on my phono stage, in MC, or should I switch to MM??

You can always try a high output MC with MM phono stage, it depends how high is the output, optional gain/loading on the phono stage is a nice bonus feature for MM and MC phono stages.
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