Can’t go wrong with a pair of Vanatoo active speakers ( assuming still available) and table with cart of your choice + Rega Phono mini phono preamp. I own and can vouch for both. Rega, Project or Cambridge would be good turntable choices were it me
Help me to build my first stereo system
Hi, I’m AJ and I’m new here to the forum.
I am getting married in June and I want to get a nice stereo system for our new apartment. Only thing is they im on a budget… I’d like to spend around 1500 max between speakers amp and turntable. What would you guys recommend to me ?
thanks so much for the help :)
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With your budget, why are you looking for a turntable? Vinyl is expensive to do well and it expensive to build a library of music. You have to search for and then buy everything you can listen to. Why not bypass vinyl and go directly to digital. Buying a streamer and a subscription to Tidal or Qobuz will allow you to have millions of songs at your fingertips. |
Paradigm sells powered speakers (the amps are inside) that have a streamer built in, 3.5 mm analog inputs to connect a phono preamp to using an adapter, and a subwoofer out. Best of all they have ARC room correction to tune the speakers for your room. They sound incredible and can also be used wirelessly using an app from your phone (spotify or the dts playfi app) or a PC. They are on sale at 50% off ($299 each) so you will have budget left for a turntable: Vince Hanada recently reviewed the PW 600, in a system that included the PW Soundbar, for SoundStage! Xperience. “Configured as a stereo pair,” he wrote, “the PW 600s sounded outstanding, easily rivaling separate speakers and electronics costing many times their $1198/pair price.”
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look for turntable - amp - speaker packages, many times they are on sale under $1500 Rega - Pro-Ject - https://www.project-audio.com/en/product/colourful-audio-system/
Some specialize in this such as dumaudio.com (good synergy, art deco design, potrential upgrades)
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