Analog point of entry...

i don't think a moderator is particularly needed, only that you develop a sense of humor.

That's just Marco. Read some of his answers - a very well informed audio guy, but can sometimes be just silly - SILLY I TELL YOU!

That aside, I am also interested in what others have to say about this subject as I am entertaining the same idea as Pawlowski6132.

David

Readster, I think YOU need to hone your sense. I too was being funny. (The smily face at the end of my sentence was a tell.)

Also, I'm very familiar with Marco's posts in other threads; agreed, very knowledgeable.

If you want something audiophile approved you will probably end up spending $2000 minimum. Thats going with a $1000 table and arm combo plus another $1000 for cartridge and phono stage. The well tempered is a good suggestion if you go this route. I owned a well tempered for many years and its a good belt drive system. The damped arm makes everything pretty{too?} smooth but the bass is only fair. I found something much better with the Lenco idler wheel system but that entails finding a separate tonearm{as well as a Lenco} and before you know it your into armboards, plinths and cartridge swapping but hey I guess thats vinyl{maybe too much hands on}. The advantage is that its much cheaper and you will ultimately have more cartridge choices depending on the tonearm {tonearms} you buy. A problem with this stategy is that even good non-audiophile approved tonearms are becoming expensive lately. Good luck.