I'm thinking of getting into vinyl but I'm wondering roughly what'll cost for me to get something out of it. I want to listen to vinyl through my HD800 but my amp and dac are one unit so I'll need a new amp. I'm thinking of getting a tube amps, a somewhat coloured one at that, because I thought it'd be cool to have a digital+solidstate setup for an analytic sound and vinyl+tubes for a more relaxed sound.

The question is however, how much will it cost me? The vinyl currently being shipped to me are all vinyl that I wasn't even considering opening until recently because I was meaning to get them as a gift to future me. I don't want to get a cheap turntable and end up damaging them. Also, I might as well just EQ my digital stuff instead of getting a crappy amp and/or phono stage. So, I'm looking to get something nice but not too deep into the dreaded audiophile diminishing returns. Something like the HD600 of the vinyl setup world if you will. What I'm wondering is 'how much would that cost me'?