Subs or Turntable?


I’ve long wanted a VPI turntable, and I’m very drawn to the Prime series. 

But the budget keeps being pushed out, and logically I think a pair of subs would make a stronger impact on the sound. Looking at REL t7x, which comes in lower than the TT. 

So subs or TT? Logic or heart? What would you do? 

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Subs first....

 

Since you already have a decent turntable......why bother with another turntable?

....Just het a good top loading cd player, buy some high quality Japanese SHM cds, Blu-Spec cds, UHQCDs and SACDs. It will feel like a organic ritual when you play the cds..... and sound a whole lot better than the motherload of horse dung quality vinyl pressings out there. If you stick with vinyl only, your playlist might get smaller & smaller due to the above mentioned. 

 

The table would be replacing my current Mofi Ultradeck and I would bring my Hana ML to a new table. 

The rest of the system on the vinyl end is Bob’s Devices Sky 20-S, Sutherland 20/20 w/lps, Mastersound Dueventi, and Rosso Fiorentino speakers. The room is smaller at 12x15x7.5 ft. 

 @sounds_real_audio  Quoted from an earlier post: 

The table would be replacing my current Mofi Ultradeck and I would bring my Hana ML to a new table. 

The rest of the system on the vinyl end is Bob’s Devices Sky 20-S, Sutherland 20/20 w/lps, Mastersound Dueventi, and Rosso Fiorentino speakers. The room is smaller at 12x15x7.5 ft. 

 

 

First is that I would need speaker level inputs. My amp does not have any additional outputs and getting a different amp just to fit in a sub doesn't really make financial sense at this point.

You don't need an amp with an additional set of outputs to use speaker level inputs on a sub. You just connect the sub's wires in parallel to the speaker cables at the amplifier or speaker binding posts.

You don't need an amp with an additional set of outputs to use speaker level inputs on a sub. You just connect the sub's wires in parallel to the speaker cables at the amplifier or speaker binding posts.
 

I’m aware of that. I was explaining why I couldn’t use subs that do NOT have a speaker level input because my amp does not have additional inputs.