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Need help: turntable market in the $1500-$2000 range is overwhelming
I'd second the MOFI suggestion. Or invite you to my house to listen to my old Technics SL-1200 MK2 that I picked up for about 500 bucks and show you some affordable tweaks.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
The Great Ray Charles  
What are you streaming tonight?
@luisma31 I listened to it on my near field system, which doesn't do a great job with soundstaging. I'll have to check it out in the main system! 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Van Halen - 1984 
Music Hall MMF 7.3 Question
That table isn't really designed to be "upgraded".  It's a decent table and will respond well to cartridge upgrades, but you'll never get what a cartridge is fully capable of delivering on that table.  You can do some tweaks to isolate it better i... 
What are you streaming tonight?
The Black Keys - Delta Kream, Qobuz Hi-Res.  This is pretty cool, a set of low-key Mississippi blues covers. 
Your tube preamp and ss amp thread
Modwright LS100 and Herron Audio M1 monoblocks. The LS100 will soon be replaced by a Herron Audio VTSP-360.ARC LS 26 and Wyred 4 Sound ST-1000 mkII in my bedroom system.  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Tracy Chapman - Crossroads  
What Is The Most Romantic Song That You Have Ever Listen To?
Elvis Costello - I Want You 
What are you streaming tonight?
Van Morrison - Latest Record Project, Vol. 1 - Qobuz Hi-Res.  Van sounds angry and resentful on some of these tunes, which is a bit of a put off (for me), but there is a lot of "classic" sounding Van on here as well, which makes it a worthwhile li... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Johnny Cash ‎– America: A 200 Year Salute In Story And Song 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Khruangbin - Green Label 12" 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Ray Charles - S/T, Japan mono pressing  
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Melody Gardot - The Absence 
Plastic Nobsound? Says Ecstasy Prop
I bought 3 sets of their springs and one box showed up with only 3 springs in it.  Amazing quality control.  You get what you pay for.  Almost.