Well, I should say that I made my decision to buy a Technics SL 1200 turntable, as was also suggested by manualblock, here: http://audioroundtable.com/Turntable/messages/1247.html.

I have a question about the many cartridges available out there.

I have always been thinking about an Ortofon OM 30 cartridge, which is a magnetic one. I have to think further and particularly thinkg about a moving coil cartridge. Can they really be better, even if more expensive?