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what would you get for 1000$ ?

This is my first step into the madness. I have an old, no-name TT I use to play blues and orchestral records and want to get into something nicer. sub 1000, cart and all. having a hard time...
I'm looking at some of the used things on here and vinyl nirvana. Thorens 150 mod with an RB 300, pro-ject 2 xperience (with either a blue point 2 or a suk pearl and cardas silver wire upgrade), an mmf-7 - all for about the same price. Any suggestions in general? Am I looking in the completely wrong direction?
metalsymph

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piedpiper
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Second Stringreen, but with a twist. If you put virtually your full budget into as good a table/arm as you can get and skimp temporarily on the cartridge by getting the cheapest possible, like a $40 Grado or Sumiko. You'll get better sound both now and later when you decide to upgrade the cart. If you don't already have a phono stage you can get the cheap Rolls for $76 new and upgrade later. IOW, stretch as high as you can one item at a time, table/arm first, and minimize the wasted investment in the other items.

This is an extremely common thread theme. Check out the back threads by scrolling down and you'll find plenty of prewritten advice.
piedpiper
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Thanks for restating Metalsymph. Good question, and not easily answered. There has definitely been some evolution in TT design but economy of scale and inflation make it a complex question with no definitive answer IMHO. But that's ok. You're likely to do fine and enjoy your music no matter how you cut it.
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