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What's the cost of an entry level vinyl setup?

I'm just curious how much it would cost to get the equipment required to make vinyl worth listening to. I know players are available for cheap, but would anticipate the sound quality to be the same.

What would be your recommendation to go with a system worth about $5,000 in total? Is there a significant advantage to vinyl at this level? I've heard vinyl on high enough equipment to know that at it's best it's better than digital, but am not sure what it would cost for the average joe to get a quality sound.

Mceljo (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

08-01-10

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08-01-10 I started with a vpi scoutmaster and lyra argo i cart with a ... Cajunpepe

08-01-10 Sorry, i misread your post...i thought you were looking for ... Cajunpepe

08-01-10 About $2000 minimum. Tvad

08-01-10 Thanks for the info. this is more of a "phishing" ... Mceljo

08-01-10 I began with $2200 a year or so ago. i'm up to $6000+ at th ... Calbrs03

08-01-10 Check out what you can have done to a linn sondek 12 tt on e ... Polk432

08-01-10 I would try the project with a the built in phono stage, or ... Macdadtexas

08-01-10 Dual 1229 used - $200 grado cartridge - $50 hagerman bugle - ... Thom_mackris

08-01-10 1.)how much would the cost? a lot. its gonna cost a really ... Oakleys

08-01-10 Oakleys - there are no words that come to mind as an appropr ... Mceljo

08-01-10 ditto!! Tpreaves

08-01-10: Tvad

08-01-10: Oakleys
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Tvad (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

08-01-10 This is what entry level means to me: vintage harman kardon ... Craig_c

08-01-10 Woops, not for confusedin uall. op said was "phishing& ... Oakleys

08-01-10 Oakleys - where are you from? i can't tell if you're speaki ... Mceljo

08-02-10 Mceljo- i am only visiting the internets from the land of o ... Oakleys

08-02-10 Thom mackris and others have it right. one can get respectab ... T_bone

08-02-10 I think before getting a vinyl rig you should think about ho ... Daverz

08-02-10 Daverz, i just picked up four complete reader's digest box s ... Bjesien

08-02-10 I'm with thom and t_bone. i have a vintage dual 1264 with v ... Mapman

08-02-10 1/2 of a bottle of tequila, four or five beers, a couple of ... Dan_ed

08-02-10 This is where i have started 1) thorens td 166nkii $250 2) ... Czbbcl

08-02-10 $2500-$3500 for a decent turntable + arm $1000-$1500 phono p ... Audiomax

08-02-10 Oakleys: i find your posts, shall i say, thought provoking. ... Timeltel

08-02-10 Mceljo, that is a good question and i would agree that in th ... Maineiac

08-02-10 Maineiac, i'd love to have a system that was more 2-channel ... Mceljo

08-02-10 then don't start with lps, 'cause it's a never ending path t ... Tvad

08-03-10 Oh me oh you all. not too sure bout confusion? just tryi ... Oakleys

08-03-10 Imo, you would get more return on spending $2-3k on a high q ... Maineiac

08-03-10 I disagree with the really high $$ that are being bandied ab ... Macdadtexas

08-03-10 Yup agree with macdadtexas as that is what i did Czbbcl

08-03-10 Well, if it truly costs that much ( i do not think so), so m ... Mapman

08-03-10 no it's not if you do thorough due diligence. thom mackris ... Clio09

08-03-10 Clio09 agree as i am already looking into a phono stage up ... Czbbcl

08-03-10 Let's be brutally honest. $1000 may get one into vinyl with ... Tvad

08-03-10 agreed. i wish i had the willpower to stay with any single ... Maineiac

08-03-10 Why would the op necessarily get on an escalator to higher a ... Clio09

08-03-10 Clio09 - my intent was to inquire about a recommendation for ... Mceljo

08-03-10 a cursory search of the analog threads will reveal several r ... Tvad

08-03-10 i agree that it could be. the question in my mind is if you ... Tvad

08-03-10 as i've said a $1000 set-up including cleaning equipment an ... Clio09

08-03-10 i have faith in him :) btw, having owned a technics sl- ... Clio09

08-04-10 Clio09, my comment regarding the technics sl-1200, rega p-3, ... Tvad

08-04-10 The operative term in the original post was "entry leve ... Craig_c

08-04-10 clio, we have to at least know the price level of the speak ... Maineiac

08-04-10 why? Clio09

08-04-10 Clio99, i was reading your hypothesis that a system built wi ... Maineiac

08-04-10 In his review of rega's p5 and p7 turntables, art dudley sai ... Jrtrent

08-04-10 They were far from $10k+ speakers and i'm still not sure i'm ... Clio09