Best record (vinyl) player for £100 - £150?

If your budget is firm then the Sony PSLX300 would be a decent match to go with a midi system. It is around the £130 mark and has a built-in switchable phono stage so can be connected either to a proper turntable (phono) input or to a Line/AUX/AV-type input. This means it will work with any sound system with a spare input. As a side bonus the turntable also has a USB connection. With this you could copy vinyl straight to a PC.

If you feel you might get in to vinyl in a more serious way then it would pay to look at a better turntable now. The problem though is budget. A company called Pro-Ject makes a line of turntables aimed squarely at the budding vinyl enthusiast. The Pro-Ject Elemental line is their entry-level product. Prices start at around £170 but you'll need to budget for an outboard phono pre-amp (starting at around £30) if the stack doesn't have a dedicated turntable input.

The used market is worth a look too. Pro-Ject makes versions of its turntables with a phono pre-amp built in. Any Pro-Ject model name including the word 'Phono' is just such a turntable. So, a Pro-Ject Essential II Phono USB would have both the phono pre-amp and a USB output. These are a shade under £290 new but often crop up used for around half that price.
 
If your budget is firm then the Sony PSLX300 would be a decent match to go with a midi system. It is around the £130 mark and has a built-in switchable phono stage so can be connected either to a proper turntable (phono) input or to a Line/AUX/AV-type input. This means it will work with any sound system with a spare input. As a side bonus the turntable also has a USB connection. With this you could copy vinyl straight to a PC.

If you feel you might get in to vinyl in a more serious way then it would pay to look at a better turntable now. The problem though is budget. A company called Pro-Ject makes a line of turntables aimed squarely at the budding vinyl enthusiast. The Pro-Ject Elemental line is their entry-level product. Prices start at around £170 but you'll need to budget for an outboard phono pre-amp (starting at around £30) if the stack doesn't have a dedicated turntable input.

The used market is worth a look too. Pro-Ject makes versions of its turntables with a phono pre-amp built in. Any Pro-Ject model name including the word 'Phono' is just such a turntable. So, a Pro-Ject Essential II Phono USB would have both the phono pre-amp and a USB output. These are a shade under £290 new but often crop up used for around half that price.

Thanks for the reply. I have a phono input in my amp so that shouldn't be a problem.

That seems a bit above my budget to me. I'd like to spend more but don't have the cash available. I was looking at the Audio Technica LP 60 USB and Audio Technica LP 120 USB turntables which struck me as being quite good value for money.

Plus I've got some Audio Technica headphones which I'm really pleased with so if the turntables are anything like that I'd be happy.

May I ask why you want to do that ?

Because I already have a stereo amp and I want to be able to play vinyls through it.
 
I figured that much myself.... Do you have lots of vinyl already? .... If not it's an expensive road your asking about, certainly if you want it to sound any good.
What advantages or benifit you thinking it's going to give you....... If your not going to end up wasting your money you need know what your try to achieve, so do others if they are to advise you.
 
I figured that much myself.... Do you have lots of vinyl already? .... If not it's an expensive road your asking about, certainly if you want it to sound any good.
What advantages or benifit you thinking it's going to give you....... If your not going to end up wasting your money you need know what your try to achieve, so do others if they are to advise you.

I broke my old record player so need a replacement.

I'm not one of these crazy audiophiles that spends thousands of pounds on a sound system although at some point I'd like to upgrade my sound system (its been in full time use since 2007 so is probably in need of an upgrade).

I've got about 30 vinyls at the moment but I'm looking to get into collecting so if I can get a record player for a reasonable amount I'd like to get a few more.
 
That seems a bit above my budget to me.
I see you focussed entirely on the bit about better turntables if (and only if) you considered yourself serious about vinyl and you completely missed what I wrote about the Sony...

If your budget is firm then the Sony PSLX300 would be a decent match to go with a midi system. It is around the £130 mark
... which is almost exactly in the middle of your £100-£150 budget.

Incidentally, I got the price of the Sony wrong. It's £119. But if you feel the £130 AT turntable is a better choice for you then go for it. TBH, casual use TTs at this price from mainstream manufacturers are all going to be much the same. Do you not think it's a bit hypocritical though to reject a proper Hi-Fi turntable at £170 (Pro-Ject Elemental, which after all is only £20 more than your upper budget limit) and then say you are looking at the £250 AT-LP120-USB. It's even more so when you admit that your amp has a Phono input for a turntable, so I presume that means there's no need to spend on a phono pre-amp, and you say you plan on getting in to collecting.

By the way, the word is RECORDS. You've got 30 records, not vinyls. Vinyl is the stuff they're made from. You can be a "vinyl collector" or say you have thirty albums on vinyl, or you can play something on vinyl, but you don't describe your collection using a made-up plural any more than a farmer describes his flock as "sheeps". :D
 
I have that Sony USB turntable. It's fine for entry level, definitely. It has the autoloading arm, which is actually really useful and the sound from it seems reasonable to me. For the price it's a good bargain.
 
Vinyl is a strange area imo ... Project have long been the sub £200 kings ... but I still think if you can afford to get a rega p3 your laughing . It just looks much more solid . And if your looking at increasing your vinyl collection i'd recommend one.

I did have a dedicated phono stage , but had to ditch it as needed funds. my p3 now sits in my 2nd hi-fi with a Marantz 6004 amp , which has a built in phono stage . its used in headphone mode.
 
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