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Agreed 100%. Table, arm, cartd=ridge has generally been the heirarchy of importance. Phono preamp is as...

important as the table IMO and is often an afterthought.
The cartridge is totally dependent upon the arm and table to perform its duty to its optimum performance. Putting a good cartridge on a compromised arm and table only lessens the ability of the cartridge's performance to the level of a much less expensive one. Better to get the table and arm to their optimum before wasting $$$ on a cart which cannot take full advantage of its cutting edge qualities.
Then, even if the TT and arm are up to the task, one would be much better off spending $1500+ on a good phono preamp than a cartridge. A good phono stage will make a $400 cartridge sing. A $400 phono stage will not pull all the delicate signal from a $1500 cart. And what it does extract will lack the good qualities which the cart fed to it.

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