stevemoye

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CD Advice
I suggest auditioning and acquiring a Jolida JD-100 at around $500.00 (a little less $$ on audiogon.com if you're lucky enough to happen upon a great deal), and then upgrade the tubes, power cord and feet. The JD-100 is an easy-to listen-to CD pla... 
Inexpensive Phono Cables Recommendations
Assuming that you might have $200.00 to spend, try audioorigami's phono cable. They're excellent value for the money, imho.http://www.audioorigami.co.uk/AO_Rewires/AORewires.htm 
Tonearm cable recommendations...
What about this? It's the Nordost Quattro Fil, currently being offered on our forum for under $400.00.http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?cablintr&1305495109&/Nordost-Quattro-Fil-1.5M-toneaI was considering it, but I've decided to go in... 
Decent budget turntable?
I've recently seen examples of the venerable, but still great, AR XA turntable in good condition being offered here on audiogon.com for around $150.00. Add a decent, reasonably-priced MM cartridge like a Shure M97, Sumiko Pearl, Audio-Technica AT-... 
Which entry level phono stage, Graham Slee or Pro-
In the price range you're looking for, I'd suggest the Bellari VP129. I run one with my Merrill chassis-modified AR Turntable fitted with a Linn Akito arm, a Benz Micro Ace high output cartridge, and silver wire interconnects, and the Bellari soun...