Richer Sounds has a couple of bundles that have a CD Player -
Marantz PM6006, CD6006 & Q Acoustics 3020 | Hi-Fi Separates system | Richer Sounds
Marantz PM6006, CD6006 & Monitor Audio Bronze 2 | Hi-Fi Separates System | Richer Sounds
Then add about £200 to that price for a turntable.
This would be pretty good, and the Audio Technical LP3 does have Auto-Start/Auto-Stop, meaning you can push one button and the album will play, then at the end, the tonearm returns to rest and the motor shuts off. Very convenient. If you have to leave the house, just shut off the amp and walk away. The Turntable will take care of itself.
Really, I mostly judge a turntable on the quality and complexity of the tonearm, and the LP3 appears to have a pretty decent tonearm.
Here you can set something of an angle view of the tonearm -
http://www.tophifi.pl/media/catalog...b8d27136e95/a/t/audio-technica-at-lp3-2-3.png
AT-LP3BK Fully Automatic Belt-Drive Stereo Turntable || Audio-Technica US
And here is a top down view -
http://cdn.audioaffair.co.uk/media/...b8d27136e95/a/t/at_lp3_bk_3-5873a56c6ea9b.jpg
Really a nice tonearm for this low price.
Typically when the Turntable arrives, you need to verify the Tracking Weight and the Anti-Skate. As well as instructions in the Owner's Manual, there are videos on YouTube that while not about this exact turntable would still be informative toward setting up the turntable.
This is a pretty decent system -
£200/ea = Audio Technica LP3
£250/ea = Yamaha AS501 w/DAC, 85w/ch
£100/pr = Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 Bookshelf Speakers
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£550 = Total
The presents of a DAC in an amp like the
PM6006 or the
Yamaha AS501 means it is very easy to connect at TV to the Stereo Amp for TV and Movie watching. Most modern TVs only have a Digital Audio Out, no analog. So having a DAC is very handy for that purpose.
Again, depending on budget, there are modifications, but I've done my best to get you the most for the least money.
As an example, the Cambridge Audio SX60 are larger bookshelf speakers with deeper bass, but they are also £50 more. But even at a total of £600, that's a nice system.
£200/ea = Audio Technica LP3
£250/ea = Yamaha AS501 w/DAC, 85w/ch
£150/pr = Cambridge Audio SX60
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£600 = Total
The Yamaha Amp from Richer Sounds does have PHONO Input. Though the Turntable also has a Phono Amp built-in but that internal pre-amp can be switch in and out. I suggest you turn off the Turntable Internal Pre-Amp and instead use the Phono Pre-Amp in the Yamaha.
Though you can certainly try both, and pick the one you like best.
The
Yamaha CDS300 CD Player (~£199) is not excessively expensive, so if you wanted to add CDs, that's probably within reach.
Yamaha CDS300 CD Player - Superfi
YAMAHA CDS300Black CD Player
There is one other CD Player that has Network Streaming built in. This would allow near infinite music Streamed from the Internet, either from one of the Streaming Services like Spotify, or from anyone of about 20,0000 Internet Radio Stations around the world.
Yamaha CDN301 Network CD Player - £299 -
Yamaha CDN301 Networked CD Player - Superfi
YAMAHA CDN301Black CD Player with Music Streamer
But SuperFi and perhaps others, have a bundle deal on the
Yamaha AS301 (DAC, 60w/ch, Phono) for a very attractive price when you consider that the Network CD Player alone is £300 -
Yamaha AS301 Amp w/DAC + Yamaha CDN301 Network CD Player - £250 to £350
Yamaha CDN301 and AS301 Networked Stereo System - Superfi
Also be aware, I'm not searching out the best prices, I'm simply using sites that I know have the products.
Let's plug that into the previous packages and look at the total -
£200/ea = Audio Technica LP3
£350/set = Yamaha AS301 w/DAC, 60w/ch (price includes CD)
£............ = Yamaha CDN301 Network CD Player
£150/pr = Cambridge Audio SX60
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£700 = Total
£200/ea = Audio Technica LP3
£350/set = Yamaha AS301 w/DAC, 60w/ch (price includes CD)
£............ = Yamaha CDN301 Network CD Player
£100/pr = Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 Bookshelf Speakers
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£650 = Total
Those two systems are EXCELLENT Value. You get
Turntable, CD Player, Network Streaming, and
Speakers at very near our previous budget.
I did check one other source of Yamaha products, and while they have very low prices, the still can't be the SupreFi Bundle price -
Yamaha A-S301 Integrated Amplifier
Yamaha CD-N301 Network CD Player
For best prices and bundles search
Google-UK Shopping or
Amazon-UK.
Yamaha A-S301 Integrated Amplifier - Black: Amazon.co.uk: TV
CD Player with Intelligent Digital Servo, iPod & USB: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics
Yamaha A-S501 Integrated Amplifier - Black: Amazon.co.uk: Audio & HiFi
Good prices but they still don't beat the
Superfi AS301/CDN301 bundle.
Just passing it along.
Steve/bluewizard