I have decided after many years to put a turntable back into my system, in part because I finally bought a will mount so I can avoid having to tiptoe around my living room. My system currently consist of a McIntosh MA-6500 integrated amplifier driving Paradigm Reference Studio 100 v2 speakers. The problem is it is very hard to actually determine which turntable cartridge combo works best for me. Right now I'm looking most closely at a Project Debut Carbon Esprit SB, a Rega P2 or a Music Hall MMF 3.3, and I have vinyl in rock, jazz and classical. I've read all the reviews I can, but I'm really not sure where to go next on this because there's no place where I can listen to them side by side to compare for myself. Any suggestions.
I have decided after many years to put a turntable back into my system, in part because I finally bought a will mount so I can avoid having to tiptoe around my living room. My system currently consist of a McIntosh MA-6500 integrated amplifier driving Paradigm Reference Studio 100 v2 speakers. The problem is it is very hard to actually determine which turntable cartridge combo works best for me. Right now I'm looking most closely at a Project Debut Carbon Esprit SB, a Rega P2 or a Music Hall MMF 3.3, and I have vinyl in rock, jazz and classical. I've read all the reviews I can, but I'm really not sure where to go next on this because there's no place where I can listen to them side by side to compare for myself. Any suggestions.