Good Vinyl Setup

For those new to vinyl we address the most common questions about putting together a vinyl stereo system.

Good vinyl setup.

What all the bits of a turntable do. The audio technica at lp120 usb is a great introductory turntable for any budding vinyl enthusiast with an easy setup that won t take all the fun out of spinning your records. A vinyl set up has a few more components than you ll find in say a cd based system. With so many speakers amplifiers and turntables available it can be tough to know how to even start to build a good setup to enjoy your record collection.

We ve got you covered however. It s the entire experience. If you re looking for a just add speakers turntable and your budget is high this is as good as they come. The only downfall of this setup is that you ll have to buy expensive vinyl and find somewhere to store them all.

Technics sl 1200 mk2 turntable 478 rega elex r amplifier 1 695 vienna acoustic bach grand speakers 1 799 total price. Big fragile records real liner notes covers you want to frame and hang on your wall and of course the magical way the. The setup works exactly the same as the cdj setup that we looked at first but you ll be playing vinyl records. Bowers wilkins 705 s2.

If you already have records perfect. Then there s the phono stage a pre amplifier that takes the incredibly faint signal from the cartridge and ramps it up enough for the main amplifier to deal with. They re beautiful and unique with the. We breakdown the 4 essential components of every s.

There s the turntable itself of course more on that in a bit. If not you ll be interested in the next setup below. The 705 s2 are arguably one of the best bookshelf speakers out there. To be clear a preamp is actually a necessary component of a vinyl listening setup.

This is the only setup with passive speakers so we went big.