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| Is a GREAT turntable under $2000 possible??? You could find a very nice Thorens TD-124 or TD-125 for that much money. There was a version of the 125 that Thorens built that came with a 12 inch SME tonearm. Buy a Schiit Mani, and if that seems too budget there's a company that makes an extern... | |
| Phono Stage Recommendation $3000 Consider older Sutherland Engineering units. Some of them are even battery powered. | |
| Pre amp with Dac If you want to save some money for other parts of your setup, The Emotiva Stealth DC-1 gets really good reviews. It comes with a remote, one set of RCA inputs, a Balanced DAC, and a great headphone amp. | |
| Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile? I really like Tidal. I was actually quite dismayed when I A/B'd it with the vinyl rig I had at the time. I had to concede that the only big reason I wasn't selling my collection was for the physical aspect. | |
| Best looking reel to reel I'm going to echo route-66 here a little. Pioneer made a higher end version of the 707 called the RT-909. If you're into chrome it should push all the right buttons. | |
| What was the first system you heard that made you think the high end made sense It was when I finished my first summer job and decided to splurge and buy ATH-M50Xs. I'd only listened to cheap earbuds all my life, but when I could actually pick out where instruments and voices were, it got me ~very~ interested. |