Soon, I will be the proud owner of a new Music Hall MMF-7.

My thanks goes out to AR.com et al, for the oodles of info and opinions I had access to through the reviews and forums. (Audiogon too) Sure, I went over budget by a couple hundred but I don't think I'll have upgraditus for a while.

In the end it came down to the MMF-7 and a Technics SL-1200. A used Sondek LP-12 was 2nd runner up.

Probably could have got the 1200 on eBay for $100, + $300 for a Rega R250, + $100 for the arm adapter, + $ ???.00 for a cartridge. The MMF-7 was $900 delivered and included a Goldring Eroica cartridge. Once I got serious about it and actually placed a bid on a 1200 on eBay things started getting clearer. The MMF made more sense.

Now the hunt begins for the phono pre, although I'm pretty sure it will be the Bottlehead Seduction.

Cheers and thanks again,

Art (waaaay stoked)