Vinylphiles...used/new TT/Cart combo under $700?

There's a VPI HW19 MK11 with arm for sale here at Audiogon:

http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1171498477

Should not be a problem finding a used cartridge for $50.00 to $125.00. If you splurge on the TT and have no budget for cartridge I may have a bargain one laying around here.

The VPI HW19 is a good little table, I owned one about a million years ago. I prefer the Well Tempered rig but right now there is only one here at Audiogon and it's a bunch more money. I remember last year about this time seeing an older Well Tempered with arm and cartridge for about $700.00. I was tempted to buy it myself.

Other option is if you can find a Lenco and follow the advice on the mega thread here at Audiogon on the topic of rebuild. I bought my Lenco at Ebay for $100.00 including arm, base, dust cover and cartridge and it only required a little TLC to get it running properly. It's a great table for NO bucks, definitely worth considering, especially if you upgrade the stock Lenco arm for a Rega or (like I did) an original NOS Decca.

Mine was a Lenco 75, here is my Audiogon thread on the topic of restoring and building a pretty base for it.

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vbudg&1082337040&openusid&zzAlbertporter&4&5#Albertporter

I eventually sold it, was running it into a EAR 835P (the chrome one) with NOS Telefunken tubes. The Shure cartridge was surprisingly good for the money, bought it brand new.

The only reason I sold it was to make room for more LP's. I even moved my record cleaning machine into my photo studio for the same reason. Chasing software is a sickness with me :-).

That'll work and sure was cheap. If you don't like it you can sell and get your money back at that price.

Hope it's great Tvad!