Friend needs help

@speedysteve4 

Would an Eversolo Play fit his needs?  I just bought one for my son as a house-warming gift.  I gave him one of my extra turntable and a pair of Klipsch speakers.   The Eversolo Play is a streaming amp with a Phono input, another input, and a Sub Out.  That would take care of your friend’s streaming needs, turntable needs, and a future CD player if he chooses.  Eversolo makes a version of the Play with a CD player, but I didn’t want to risk noise being introduced. 

A fantastic product for $699.  I got one on sale for $550.  It is basically idiot proof with tons of features including Room Correction. 

Tell your guy to get these speakers for around 2000 dollars...Tekton Epic 15

https://tektondesign.com/product/full-range-speakers/full-towers/epic-15/#color

They sound better than speakers priced 20 times, 30 times more, etc.

There is no beating this Yamaha amp in the lower budget category either

Yamaha A-S801

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_022AS801S/Yamaha-A-S801-Silver.html?tp=34948

would suggest he keeps what he has. On a tight budget will not be easy to beat the Kenwood. 

They took my post down, wander what the heck I said?

The Advance Paris A10 looks great and checks basically every box for me and your friend: solid A/B power, power in and pre out so you can upgrade or borrow/test/experiment with separates, HDMI which many would say you don’t need but my special edition Tom Petty CD only transmits its hi-res files via HDMI (16/44 otherwise), certainly easy to look at, and guessing knob feel is real. The only caveat given your friend’s situation might be, Is it “too nice”? It’s a lot of bread for someone coming from an old school setup—would it ever match his “for the price” expectations vs the old system. Then again, he might be blown away by the modernity, ease of use and sound. For me, the Advance Paris seems like a great value for that price range.