Michael Fidler Spartan 20 Phono Stage Review

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Fosi could do you a phono stage and amp combo that meets those requirements for under $300.
Or you could buy one of Michael’s stages with all the extra features and $100 amp that would give you top tier sound.

A decent secondhand technics deck from the 80s meets all the wow/flutter and rumble requirements - so another $100-200 there.

You could do all of that for $500 quite easily.

Two nice bookshelfs and a subwoofer and all your requirements are met for a very high end system.

80s Technics? You can go back a further 10 years to an SL1500 or maybe better if new to the folklore, a 1600, 1700 or 1800 due to superior isolation and no need for fancy supports and so on. Vintage cartridges from Sumiko, Ortofon's brand new 'Concorde' types based on 2M stylus specs, would be great and the solidity of the products is above the 22/33 and so on cheaper models that followed.