Paraneer, Thanks for the advice. I had a feeling the turntable was a bit low end. I'm a bit of mechanic and a tinkerer so not afraid to get something vintage and adjust it. That's half the fun of it all. My budget for a TT would probably be 250-300 tops. I feel I scored pretty good by having the Marantz 1060 Amp and BIC Venturi Formula 4 speakers gifted to me by a friend. Suggestions on a TT/cartrige/needle in that price range would be great. I really like the manual turntables. If the sound quality is greatly increased by spending 500-600 on a TT, I'd consider it but really looking to keep the costs low.
New to forum and Vinyl
Good Morning,
I have just recently been turned back on to vinyl. We rented a home for a long weekend via AIRBNB and the host was gracious enough to allow acces to his lp collection. I hadn't heard vinyl in many years and was taken by the feel and sound but also the interaction with the media itself. Had plenty back in the 70's but fell away as 8 track, cassette, cd, and digital made music more accessible and portable.
So, I had a Marantz 1060 amp and a pair of really nice BIC Venturi Formula 4 speakers in my barn, hooked it up to a professionally serviced and adjusted Technics SL-BD10 with a shure cartridge/needle I picked up for 100 bucks. I went to the local swap-meet and picked up 50 albums, Stones, Beatles, Led Zep, Bowie, Who, stuff like that for 1-2-3 bucks each. So far I'm into it for about 250 and it sounds really good.
Where would you start to upgrade. Turntable, speakers, add-ons? I really like what I hear so far but I'm so new to this I am sure I may be missing something.
Thanks, Scott
I have just recently been turned back on to vinyl. We rented a home for a long weekend via AIRBNB and the host was gracious enough to allow acces to his lp collection. I hadn't heard vinyl in many years and was taken by the feel and sound but also the interaction with the media itself. Had plenty back in the 70's but fell away as 8 track, cassette, cd, and digital made music more accessible and portable.
So, I had a Marantz 1060 amp and a pair of really nice BIC Venturi Formula 4 speakers in my barn, hooked it up to a professionally serviced and adjusted Technics SL-BD10 with a shure cartridge/needle I picked up for 100 bucks. I went to the local swap-meet and picked up 50 albums, Stones, Beatles, Led Zep, Bowie, Who, stuff like that for 1-2-3 bucks each. So far I'm into it for about 250 and it sounds really good.
Where would you start to upgrade. Turntable, speakers, add-ons? I really like what I hear so far but I'm so new to this I am sure I may be missing something.
Thanks, Scott