Help needed to set up an analog system

Just looked at a few options out there you might want to consider...
New: Basis 1400/Rega RB300 $ 1,600 + cost of good cartridge
" JA. Michel/Rega RB300 $1,600 = cartridge

Used: VPI HW19 w/ upgraded platter/clamp, Rega RB300 arm and Benz Glider cartridge for $ 1,000. I would buy this setup if I didn't already have my Linn. This was the best deal IMHO, as you get first-rate sound for half your budget.

Used: Linn LP12 table w/Valhalla power supply upgrade, Rega RB300 arm for $ 430! Leaves a lot of room for a cartridge and my hot tip of the day,

Used: Cotter turntable base w/springs. FOr $ 550, you get incredible isolation for any table, the Linn especially will benefit. I have never seen one up for sale before.

OK, don't say no one told you! My standard consulting fee consists solely of a "thanks, here's what I wound up getting and how it sounds.' :)

Prs123: Thanks very much for the advice. I'll sure 'pay' you the consulting fee after my set up is done :0) BTW, Do you mean Robert Hartley's "Guide to Hi End" (correction pls!) the one thick as a telephone directory has the ABC to analog?

Prs123 has said it all. He is very knowledgeable and his advice is sound. I've given him points and I think so should you. Robert Hartley is VERY useful and if you can hunt up old copies of TAS (The Absolute Sound) articles by Enid Lumley about tonearm and turntable setup are usefull as well. But as I recollect, Hartley covers it all just as well, so there is really no need to look much further. But picking the brain of an anolog dealer in your vicinity is an even better bet, I suppose. As your work is in progress and uncertainties should come up, don't hesitate to ask again. People here, as you have seen, are generally helpful.
Good luck and welcome to the fold of vinyl listening.

Spskan, here is a nice primer on table set up by Laura Dearborn: www.vandenhul.nl/artpap/turntabl.htm0--Regards, Dan

Well, drop the 0 at the end--ham fingers