The Best $10,000.00 Table + Cartridge

Go for a Welltempered reference or a Kenwood L-07D and save the cash for software or any other piece of gear your heart is set on?

Kurt Tank has some very good points but I will throw My 2 cents in anyway and say you should look at Basis turntables . I would think at the price point you set the Basis 2001 or 2200 look great I own a 2001 with a Graham arm. I think the Graham and the Basis Vector arm go great with a Basis Table .I think we need more info to pick a cartridge for you many good choices out there. We need to know what pre and phono amp's you have really along with the rest of your system. Marc

Read the stereomojo review on the Raven One and see if you don't become obsessed, like i've now become, with owning one.

w/o knowing anything about your system, my other obsession right now is Mike Elliot's new Aria phono/line pre.

I can't tell you what to do however, I can tell you what I would do:

Option #1

Galibier Serac/Artisan Tonearm/Dynavector 17d3....$4,600
Loricraft PRC 3 RCM (Currently on sale)...........$2,370
Art Audio Vinyl One...............................$2,400

Total = $9,370

Good luck!

Like Kublakhan, after reading the review and actually hearing the Raven One + Graham Phantom combination at a friend's house I had to have one!

So I now have the Raven One + Graham Phantom + Dynavector XX2 on order! Given the demand, I don't expect delivery until September but I know it is going to be worth the wait. Total package was a little over $10,000 but I am looking at this as my last table/arm.

It is at least worth your time to give Jeff Catalano a call at High Water Sound. He is a great guy, very knowledgeable and could put together a Raven One package for you (arm + cart) within your budget.

Dave