To over egg the Celestion Ditton 15XR just a little more! You could do a lot worse than pick up a pair of these speakers. You can usually find a pair kicking around freecycle or eBay. Regarding the deck, get yourself a 1210 or one of the cheaper Rega turntables & a nicely fettled Rega tonearm. A NAD 3020A pre amp is a budget miracle with a half decent phonostage and its works very well with technics decks and celestion speakers. As for carts and cables, the new Rhodium black twist cable at £3.50 per meter looks good (just got an excellent review in HiFi world), the cart is something I'll let the other chaps discuss but the Ortofon 2M or maybe a Gold Ring could be in order Hope this helps.
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CD Teac VRDS25X(Audiotuned) DECK 1210 Mat Crystal Audio Mods MN Base/Bearing/Platter+Ebony armboard Feet Isonoe PSU Paul Hynes SR7EHD-27XL/DCSXL Ag DC lead/3 Stage Regs/Recap PCB+No Pitch/Strobe/Light ARM SME V(Kondo Ag Rewire&Tags) MC Cadenza Black FGS CABLES Arm Yannis SPD-4 IC Yannis 222 Litz+Ag bullets Power WAR PRE ATC SCA2 SPEAKERS ATC 50ASL STANDS Atacama PHONO Sugden Masterclass PA4 SUT Ortofon ST80SE POWER PSAudio P10
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PRE Croft Epoch(Modded) AMP Sondex S100 (Modded) SPEAKERS Tannoy 15"MG+RFC Warwick cabs+ Ref XO + Batpure supertweeters DECK Garrard 301 Mat Teunto Bearings 401(Bastin) Plinth Bamboo Arms 3009/3012 PSU Eagle+Tachometer MC Ag Meister II/FGS + Ortofon SPU MONO CABLES Arm Yannis 420.5 Litz+ SpeakerPC Tripple C+WBT-0681 Ag IC Oyaide FTVS-510 AgWBT 0110Ag Phonostages Paradise(4 Box Mega-Modded) / Croft Musicmaker