Recommend me a record player (amp and speakers)

RoyMi6

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My partner has an old Technics record player/cassette deck/speakers that she bought for £10 about 10 years ago.

We've recently done up her room and I was going to get her a replacement setup for just playing vinyl (she doesn't have any cassettes) that has a more modern look.

What recommend ye? The budget is about £400 all in.
 
Marvt74 said:
I picked up a Project Primary. It's incredibly budget but i imagine it'd do the job. It does make me appreciate my old Project Xperience though.

Realistically how important a focus does your partner put on audio quality? I've had hifi systems worth over 8k and am now using one worth a fraction of that and my wife can't tell the difference.

Your best bet would probably be to head into a Richer Sounds and i imagine for £400 you'd get something reasonable. I reckon there's a good chance she'd be happy with an amp with built in phono stage too as that makes operating it more simple. My wife hated having to turn on about 5 things just to play a cd/record.

For value i've also look second hand, especially for Amps/Speakers as they don't really go wrong.
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Yeah, I came here knowing much of the responses I would get.

I just did the same with a friend asking about Airsoft gear "Get this I said, it's only £200". He spent £50 and is happy.

I'm holding out on a good deal on a RP1. If I can get it used for the same price I can get a Pro-Ject Primary or Elemental new, then I'll get that. Otherwise she'll likely be happy with something that looks the part.

You're right about having to turn lots of stuff on. She's been living the easy life with my harmony setup that when it stopped working she berated me the entire time to get it working so she didn't have to use 3 remotes.

Is there such a thing as nice looking amps with phono stages? :)

EDIT: Just realised that my old AV amp might acctually have the right inputs and pre-amps...
 
Possibility of picking up an original Rega Planar 2 for £150...

Is the 90s version lacking anything compared to the modern ones?
 
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