Your Analog Front End


I wanted to hear what other A-goners had as an analog front end--including how that came about at that front end and what upgrades they would / or intend to make. This would include everything from the phono stage to the cartridge and any tweaks they find essential to analog.
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Zarathustra S4 /Pluto 6A prestige arm (rewired) / Clearaudio Discovery "special". Have had it for 12 yrs (the cartridge is new, ofcourse). I took a long trip getting there, with a succession of TTs. Thorens 160, Rega, Linn/Ittok (Valhala - no cirkus, trampolins, at the time: had to tune it 1/week), Pink Triangle PTToo/Alphason 100/V... and cartridges: Vden Hul MC 10 - 20 - Grasshopper, Lyra (Clavis), Koetsu (Red Sig), Ortofon MC 10 (?) - 3000, B-Point Special...
Guess I settled with the S4 because it is simple to use (no platter tuning required) and offers detailed sound.
Spent a lot of time with cabling too, but that's another subject.
Regards!