You misunderstand. I was asking if it could be done decently for 100. And if it couldn't why and what needs to be spent to get decent. I have a solid answer to the first question.

I think that I addressed your concerns.  "Decently" is the operative word here. No, you can't get a 'good' sounding TT for under $100 IMO.

If you don't have a receiver/preamp that has an RIAA circuit within the unit, you'll have to buy one.  That's an extra box, which doesn't cost much for the 'bottom shelf' units, but it does cost you some money.

Like Subnet stated, maybe the Project Debut III TT with arm and cartridge AND the Project phono stage will serve you well, if you don't have a receiver/preamp that has the circuit already, but those two items will cost you about $400 before shipping.

Chris

I love my Technics SL-1200 MkII, but the used ones are getting expensive, and finding ones in decent shape are getting harder.

My next table is a Pro-ject Debut Carbon or Rega RP-1.

I would suggest an Audio Technica LP60, or if you can swing it, an Audio Technica LP120 as a starter table, which is a copy of the Technics. Listen to your records and see if it's something you'd like to invest further in. Chasing fidelity is an expensive game.

There you go, the Continuum Audio Labs Caliburn turntable & Cobra tonearm.

About $150k without phono stage and cartridge, so perhaps add another $50k to that.

Pretty much SOTA.

http://www.stereophile.com/turntables/106con

http://www.continuumaudiolabs.com/

Chris

you'll need a bad-ass tube amp and some klipschorns or altec voice of the theaters or.. hell, ESS AMT1b's also.

I'm a '74 Cornwall owner and drive them with some 300b Wright Sound mono blocs, but I listened to these in Vegas at the '04 CES show driven by some Lamm mono blocs.

That might have even been the location that I heard them at.



That they were stellar sounding, doesn't do them justice.

They were driven by roughly ~20w total power, per speaker, if that makes sense?

Chris