Looking to get TT


I seeking getting into a first TT and would like help!
My current system is Classe 25 amp, Classe CP-60 pre, Sonic Frontiers SFD-2 D/A, Sonic Fontiers SFT-1 Transprt
and Martin Logan Ascent. My preamp doesn't have phono so I would need phono preamp to hook into my CP-60 so having explained my set and only wanting to spend no mor than $1000 on TT and phono pre can it be done?
Was thinkng going with music hall MMF-5 andCreek OBH-8 as this would be my first TT set up and total cost would be around $700. Is this going to give me many years of good sound? in the future I can go with phono card for my preamp.
jsawhitlock
Zaikesman,I don't have anything in my collection that I don't like, only to say I will not collect Items Just for the sake of collecting. I must like and play the lp's I own, aside from the sealed ones I have.
If I have some items that I don't play, I need to find out why ,and maybe sell them off to make money and room for some more swirls or Canterbury music. I do this constantly, but am due for a major critique.

Zaikesman, if you like Rock then I guarantee you would LOVE some of this music. Because it is some of the best rock ever produced. Don't dismiss this untill you experience it. It is my humble opinion that the masses don't appreicate real talent.
With a few acceptions of course.

Psych I have 3 Jade Warrior lp's all swirls, how come yours are not?

Tom, I knew there would be no shoot out, it would be fruitless anyway. Just got a old Crusaders double LP from Japan and it sounds Stunning with the HI FI mod in place. Thanks again.

well guys, peace and love.
happy listening,
Ron
Hey Ron, is that Crusaders set "Rhapsody and Blues"? If not, it too, is excellent.
Rocky, is that Ian Matthew's of Matthew's Southern Comfort fame? I saw him as well as Gentle Giant several times. The Giant warmed up Tull on one or two of the tours. Caught them at Madison Square Garden and Springfied Civic Center, I believe. Another amusing Tull warmup band was called Carmen a rock/flamenco hybid. They toured with a specially built floor with mikes under it so that when they danced it would swirl around as they moved on the floor. Just one album, "Fandangos in Space" on ABC/Dunhill, I beleve. Really doesn't communicate the act itself, kind of like Gentle Giant in that regard. My memory is a little sketchy due to the various recreational pursuits of the time.

Viridian, that Giant and Tull concert sounds like a winner!
Are you familuar with Gravy Train or May Blitz?

4yanx The crusaders Lp I received was 2nd crusade, it was their second lp

Twl,you old Hell-raiser, I also just won BOC Secret Treaties first ed Jap with obi N/M. This is not the reissue, rocks best 100 obi
Tom, if you like Secret Treaties do you have the first Captain Beyond LP? p.s.I have not forgot about the Audience lp.

RONI always rockin
Sorry, Psych, I never did well on the ASPCA. Darn lexdysia. Anyhoo, I made the assumptions that: 1)the $6000 system you're designing was for yourself, and 2)you'd be incorporating that with your $8000 noise control rig (ref your 6/02 post) for a total of $14,000.

Obviously, either one or both assumptions was not correct, although I am still unsure which. But, in fairness, I don't know how one could have assumed anything different, seeing how you mentioned that your table "fits in (the $6000 system) perfectly" and your very clear indication that the noise control rig was fundamental to "clean, musical and intimate" reproduction.

BTW- Thought that, seeing how you found a pair of $325 speakers that embarrassed a pair of B&W 801's, maybe you know of a pair of $1000 speakers that stomp the Sound Lab M-1's. Please let me know.

Regards
Jim