All you guys with phono downstairs - buy another!

I have 3, all from Car boot sales:

£30 Thorens/SME IV £20 Dual 505-2 <£5 NAD Deck (£30 for 3130 amp, cassette,phono and tuner

I see them all the time. I'd buy another but the wife ...

I use a Sugden A48 as a preamp (£25). In the US, go to garage sales! I saw plenty there for $20 or so when I lived in San Francisco ...