Hifi system for playing vinyl

My system is wired into a small sonos box that sends the signal to my sonos system downstairs.

Means I can put a record on upstairs and fill the house with sound. Wife out permitting.

As far as starting out, pro-ject or rega with built in pre amp, get an amp, morantz are not bad for starting out, some speakers,and away you go.

Speaker size depends on size of room.

You should be able to get what you need for around a grand.
 
Listen before you buy if at all possible. Cheap stuff that works together well to your taste is much, much 'better' than expensive stuff that doesn't 'click' together, or do it for you.
 
Bill Walker said:
Laws of Hifi. No324B (section F)

Bluetooth is always inferior to qood quality cables.
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Laws of Hifi. No 1:

There is no such thing as "good quality cables" just "cables". Hifi buffs time and time again fail to discern any audible difference between the latest £1,000 esoteric nonsense cable and any old bit of copper wire. Why? Because there is none.

Laws of Hifi. No 2.

Hifi dealers make more margin on supposedly better sounding cables than they do on anything else. And guess what, they swear blind by them. Funny that.
 
Bill Walker said:
You haven't seen my $2 Chinese ones
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Fair point. I was of course being flippant. So long as they are mechanically OK, and the speaker cables are not like fine as a goat hair, then cables do make bugger-all difference.

And yet STILL, knowing this, I still find myself getting drawn in and suckered into paying stupid money for some WBT spade connectors at £85 for four. I am a moron.
 
OP: No idea of your budget, but if you wanted something that would be really very good indeed, then I'd go for one of these:

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www.cambridgeaudio.com

Cambridge Audio Alva TT Direct Drive Turntable with Bluetooth aptX HD

Bluetooth aptX HD - Wireless Hi-Res streaming. Place the turntable anywhere.Built-In Phonostage - No need for extra boxes. Keep your setup simple.Direct Drive - Consistent drive speed with pitch-perfect audio reproduction.Pre-installed High Output MC Cartridge - Pristine musical detail. No...
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And a pair of these:
LSX

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LSX II

Elevate your audio experience with the KEF LSX II active wireless speaker system. Explore our premium sound technology, innovative features, and stylish design.
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Hardly any wires and that combo would sound *fabulous*, especially for classical music.
 
Chippy_boy said:
Fair point. I was of course being flippant. So long as they are mechanically OK, and the speaker cables are not like fine as a goat hair, then cables do make bugger-all difference.

And yet STILL, knowing this, I still find myself getting drawn in and suckered into paying stupid money for some WBT spade connectors at £85 for four. I am a moron.
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I always used to replace the crappy patch cables with ones from tandy that cost about 8 quid and could hear the difference. Between those and 80 quid cables no difference at all.
 
Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese said:
I always used to replace the crappy patch cables with ones from tandy that cost about 8 quid and SWORE I could hear the difference.
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Fixed that for ya ;-)

Seriously, there's no actual physics which might indicate that one cable might sound different from another one either. Electrical propagation of a signal down a cable is in an entirely different domain to the very limited capabilities of human hearing. Claims that people can hear a difference therefore should be met with scepticism, in just the same way as you'd be sceptical if someone said they can see X-rays or hear 50 KHz signals. You'd rightly think that was pretty bloody unlikely and need to see some hard evidence that this was true before believing it.

And so it is with cables. There's no reason to assume they sound different (there is of course lots of quack science from people with bugger-all scientific understanding, and also quack science from con-artist manufacturers who should know better.) But when it comes to actually testing if people can tell the difference in double-blind testing, invariably they cannot.

But I agree, spending a fiver or so on a pair of interconnects in the hope they may be soldered properly, is probably not a bad idea.
 
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For under a grand I'd pick the Audio-Technica AT-LP3 deck, it has built in pre amp, for around 200 quid, and a Marantz PM6007 receiver for around 500 quid leaving some dosh for speakers. The Elac DebutB5.2 speakers have won loads of awards and are around 250 quid.

The amp will keep you going for years, the cartridge on the AT can be swapped for something better down the line if you need it and the speakers are small but pack a nice punch.
 
On a slightly related note, what furniture do people have to house their turntables and LPs? I’m looking for something to replace the totality inappropriate IKEA table and cases, would prefer one unit that houses them all and possibly has room for the router and home telephone as well. Any suggestions for nice, locally made stuff?
 
Hifi furniture sells very cheaply on the secondhand market. As an example, I bought two Atacama Equinox AV units on Ebay. Together, they're £900 new and I paid £110.
journolud said:
On a slightly related note, what furniture do people have to house their turntables and LPs? I’m looking for something to replace the totality inappropriate IKEA table and cases, would prefer one unit that houses them all and possibly has room for the router and home telephone as well. Any suggestions for nice, locally made stuff?
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Question re: rega P1 plus. Can I only use it with an amp/receiver that doesn't have a built in phono stage?
ie: If I get a new amp that does have a built in phono stage will my RP1plus work with it?
 
Barcon said:
Question re: rega P1 plus. Can I only use it with an amp/receiver that doesn't have a built in phono stage?
ie: If I get a new amp that does have a built in phono stage will my RP1plus work with it?
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Does the turntable have an internal phono stage? If so, it will plug into a line input (cd-aux-tuner), just don't plug it into the phono input
 
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