I would go with Tonepub's recommendations for the Concept and one of those two cartridges. His advice is perfect for your situation, if you only have a few hundred LPs and do occasional LP listening compared to listening to your digital content. Use the extra $2500 you save for a nice, used, EAR834P phono stage and put the remainder into LPs!  The Concept is punches WAY above it's weight class for the money, nothing else even comes close in it's price class.
I have a Clearaudio Concept TT and can confirm Tonepub's recommendations; his comments are bang on the money. It's not quite my Gyro SE MkII and SME V, but it's 85% of the way there.
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Lumin P1 streamer/DAC/preamp, Constellation Inspiration integrated TT: Michell Gyro SE MkII, SME V, Koetsu Urushi Vermilion, EAR324. Harbeth 30.2s, REL R-305, Shunyata Alpha V2 ICs, Alpha V2 SPs, Sigma XC, Sigma NRv2, Omega QR-s & Alpha NRv2 PCs, segmented Altaira SG stack w/ Alpha & Omega CGCs, Everest 8000 PD. Remote Server Room: Uptone EtherREGEN, AfterDark Master Clock & LPS, Alita, Battle Angel, (Akasa NUC Roon Core), iFi DC Purifiers (for SMPS used for Alita & router), Shunyata Gemini combo power distributor & Altaira-type CG GP-NR hub, Venom & Alpha CGCs, Shunyata NRv14 power cords for digital components.
Last edited by Puma Cat; 01-16-2011 at 04:01 PM.
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