Reply to Controller Choice - Advice

Hey all,

My first post here but before anyone says... I've checked the threads for about 2 hours and after reading tons of info here I ain't found any real answers to my questions. Firstly I'd like to say very nice community with lots of helpful peeps. Apologies for the long intro btw.....

I know a lot on this community is dedicated (but not solely) to the vestax controllers 100 + 300 etc... Well I don't wanna spend too much on a vestax to find out that it's not what I want/need. So basically I've set a budget of approx.