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<blockquote data-quote="JimJ" data-source="post: 1932495" data-attributes="member: 555251">Har har...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gifIf a &quot;few hundred bucks&quot; goes up to $299, the choice is a no-brainer...<a href="http://www.needledoctor.com/s.nl/it.A/id.3358/.f?sc=2&amp;amp;category=46" target="_blank">http://www.needledoctor.com/s.nl/it.A/id.3358/.f?sc=2&amp;amp;category=46</a>Project Debut III. Basically a Music Hall MMF-2.1 except with a cartridge that&#039;s actually worth listening to. Hell of a first &#039;table, it should last you a while.If $299 is too expensive, go to flea markets, Craiglist, Ebay, yard sales...Good names include Rega, Thorens, Acoustic Research, SME, Linn, etc. I&#039;d stay away from tables with an automatic tonearm return - just something else to break and cause problems. Also, stay away from cheaper direct-drive &#039;tables. A good direct drive &#039;table needs to be pretty beefy, and that&#039;s not likely to be found for $100.You&#039;re going to need a seperate phono preamp, which isn&#039;t that expensive - used, you can find one for $50-$100. Radio Shack used to sell a decent one for $40. You need to match the preamp to the cartridge you get - stick with &quot;MM&quot; (&quot;moving magnet&quot;) cartridges for now, unless you buy a used table with who knows what on it.Hope this helps...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JimJ, post: 1932495, member: 555251"] Har har...[IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif[/IMG] If a "few hundred bucks" goes up to $299, the choice is a no-brainer... [URL="http://www.needledoctor.com/s.nl/it.A/id.3358/.f?sc=2&category=46"]http://www.needledoctor.com/s.nl/it.A/id.3358/.f?sc=2&category=46[/URL] Project Debut III. Basically a Music Hall MMF-2.1 except with a cartridge that's actually worth listening to. Hell of a first 'table, it should last you a while. If $299 is too expensive, go to flea markets, Craiglist, Ebay, yard sales...Good names include Rega, Thorens, Acoustic Research, SME, Linn, etc. I'd stay away from tables with an automatic tonearm return - just something else to break and cause problems. Also, stay away from cheaper direct-drive 'tables. A good direct drive 'table needs to be pretty beefy, and that's not likely to be found for $100. You're going to need a seperate phono preamp, which isn't that expensive - used, you can find one for $50-$100. Radio Shack used to sell a decent one for $40. You need to match the preamp to the cartridge you get - stick with "MM" ("moving magnet") cartridges for now, unless you buy a used table with who knows what on it. Hope this helps... [/QUOTE]

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