Audio-Technica AT-LP60 vs Pro-Ject Essential II

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Had a Pro-ject Essential II for years, was a decent tt, recently the stylus died for the third time, I bought a Goldring e3 and enjoyed it very much. Then ended up upgrading the rest of the hifi so bought a Debut Carbon Evo and Schiit mani (got rid of integrated amp and got chifi tubes with no phono stage, speakers are Klipsch RP-600m).I ran the Schiit mani on the Essential II while waiting for my Debut and it sounded great, much more clear and detailed than my old phono stage (Onkyo 9010). I should say that when the Debut arrived the table as a whole sounded great, considerably less noise in general, more space (which always seems to come with less noise), bigger soundstage etc etc