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Get a Rega Planar, you won’t regret it.
In terms of preamps, is there any benefit in having a valve unit? I note Pro-ject do one.
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Agree with turntable brands: Thorens Ariston Rega all good. My dad had a Linn Axis and my mum still has it - the 33/45 switch is slightly mickey mouse, it works but sometimes you need to jiggle it to get it to do what you want. I don't have that trouble on my LP12 as it only does 33
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
As for step up devices, get a used Graham Slee step up from ebay for around £60. You'll have to spend many hundreds to find something that sounds better. The Tom Evans Microgrove is better, but you can't get them for used £50.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.de/ulk/itm/192681039511
I call it a step up as it amplifies the minute signal from the cartridge and turns it into something a preamp can handle (by preamp, I mean....I mostly use power amps and separate preamplifiers, much preferring passive preamplifiers to powered preamps).
Some are just moving magnet, other moving coil, some do both. The Graham Slee one I have is MM, and sounds great.
The Pro Ject one sounds ok, but has earthing issues, and can only be used with turntables that earth through the plug, not through and earth cable. I hate the damn thing. I would sell it on eBay, but I can't bring myself to pass the problem onto someone else.
If you OP get's a turntable that earths through the plug, I'll donate the Pro Ject Pre Amp (step up).
Some amp makers use third party phono modules to offer a native phono stage option.
They are not always good. I’m a fussy bugger, and I think the phono stage is crucial to great sounds. So I always test ‘in built’ phono stages vs quality external ones. 9 times out of 10, the external wins.
The denon 102R MC cart is excellent.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
My Pioneer turntable has its own phono stage ,
for use with amps that don't have one (there is a little switch on the back of the turntable).