Recommend me a record player (amp and speakers)

signs · 18 Sep 2017 at 13:01

mid_gen said:
I got a mint condition Thorens TD180 for less than hundred quid. Needed a quick service, cleanup with contact spray, and a new stylus, but good as new now, still has the film on the plinth :>

nice

signs · 18 Sep 2017 at 13:02

love my 1974 PL12D

FurryLemon · 18 Sep 2017 at 15:49

BF-Bert said:
Never had a problem with second hand record players, there's really not much to go wrong with them.

The only positive thing he ever types is when he bangs on about his second hand gear he picked up cheap.

RoyMi6 · 18 Sep 2017 at 15:50

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.

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...

Martynt74 · 18 Sep 2017 at 16:28

Yeah. Something like the Denon PMA520AE would fit the bill at around £150.

Get some speakers which cost about the same and a used RP1 and you're laughing.

I will however bow down to other people on the best options at this price point as it's not something i've looked at for a long time.

Worth checking out Hifi Wigwam classifieds. A lot of the guys there have very high end stuff, but there's some great bargains to be had

BF-Bert · 18 Sep 2017 at 16:51

I've just put together my little man cave setup which consists of a Rega Planar 2, a vintage Technics receiver and a pair of Mission M33 speakers............ total cost £155.00

RoyMi6 · 18 Sep 2017 at 19:18

Where you finding a Planar 2 for that money?

BF-Bert · 18 Sep 2017 at 19:34

Umm Gumtree

TALON1973 · 19 Sep 2017 at 04:58

If you have an old av amp , just buy a phono stage. Although an old marantz or rega amp would be nice.

Always nice to have good friends sometines . I sold my old setup to my mate before last Christmas for £350 .... consisted of :-

Marantz 6004 amp
Rega p3
Mission 780se speakers
Attacama nexus 6 speaker stands

hornetstinger · 19 Sep 2017 at 11:18

TALON1973 said:
If you have an old av amp , just buy a phono stage. Although an old marantz or rega amp would be nice.

Always nice to have good friends sometines . I sold my old setup to my mate before last Christmas for £350 .... consisted of :-

Marantz 6004 amp
Rega p3
Mission 780se speakers
Attacama nexus 6 speaker stands

Older AVR's do usually have phono stage. Check the documentation.

signs · 19 Sep 2017 at 12:35

audio Technica lp 60

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Audio-Technica-AT-LP60-Automatic-Belt-Drive-Turntable-Silver/dp/B00EUSMFPQ

Onkyo 9010

https://www.sevenoakssoundandvision...MImpaf5JOx1gIV77DtCh3f9gH1EAQYAiABEgLCZfD_BwE

speakers ...Dunno

DinAlt · 19 Sep 2017 at 13:03

I bought my set up from an online friend.

Linn Sondek
Project Phono stage

All the vinyl I could carry - £350

signs · 19 Sep 2017 at 13:36

DinAlt said:
I bought my set up from an online friend.

Linn Sondek
Project Phono stage

All the vinyl I could carry - £350

Bargain on the equipment , what vinyl did you get ?

DinAlt · 26 Sep 2017 at 14:16

Loads of stuff - but quite a bit of it was copies of stuff I used to own but had lost or had on CD.
Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield, a couple of Peter Gabriel's, quite a bit of YES (most of which I confess to not having listened to

He kept most of his world music collection but I did get a couple of Manu Dibango albums and some Anegelique Kidjo - I even got a couple of French albums for my wife.
I'm lucky because my wife prefers vinyl to digital as well so we treat each other to LPs every now and again - it's nice that they're rereleasing a lot of old favourites on heavy weight vinyl (even if the prices are often a bit of a rip-off).

RoyMi6 · 1 Oct 2017 at 07:58

Possibility of picking up an original Rega Planar 2 for £150...

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

BF-Bert · 2 Oct 2017 at 12:07

They haven't changed a huge amount and third party upgrades aren't too expensive. As long as the arm is the RB 250 and the bearings are in good order you should be fine.

A slightly cheaper alternative would be the NAD 533, as far as I can tell it's identical to the Planar 2.