Hi. Like many blokes of my age I decided recently that rather than disposing of my old vinyl collection (Punk and New Wave seeing as you ask) I'd buy something to play them on, not having had a 'record player' for 25 years or so. And I say 'record player' as I never got into hifi back in the day.
As I didn't want to spend over 600squids, and as the wife wanted something to fit in with the decor, and space was limited, I went for a Pro-Ject T1 Phono SB (built-in phono stage) + Jamo S801 PM Powered Monitor Speakers, both in white. I'm happy with performance although there isn't quite as much 'ooomph' even on full volume.
So the next step, I guess, is amplification, and as space is at a premium, the Pro-ject Stereo Box S2 Integrated Amplifier is what I'm looking at.
I have a few questions
1 - are there better options for a small integrated amp at this price point?
2 - I also bought off ebay a Tivoli Audio Model CD player (on account of it's size), which goes through the speakers ok but really doesn't give much depth or oomph - will this amp bring this cd player's sound up to scratch?
3 - or would I be better off with a Denon or somesuch CD player with an amp in it, and putting the turntable through this kit?
4 And finally, I see from the back of the Stereo Box S2 amp, it doesn't have a pair of RCA sockets to one speaker, but a L/R output x2, so presumably an amp feeds each speaker directly. Will this be ok with the Jamo speakers where the R speaker feeds the L speaker? (And what type of cable do I need as these outputs aren't RCA - are these banana outputs??
Thanks in anticipation
Mark
As I didn't want to spend over 600squids, and as the wife wanted something to fit in with the decor, and space was limited, I went for a Pro-Ject T1 Phono SB (built-in phono stage) + Jamo S801 PM Powered Monitor Speakers, both in white. I'm happy with performance although there isn't quite as much 'ooomph' even on full volume.
So the next step, I guess, is amplification, and as space is at a premium, the Pro-ject Stereo Box S2 Integrated Amplifier is what I'm looking at.
I have a few questions
1 - are there better options for a small integrated amp at this price point?
2 - I also bought off ebay a Tivoli Audio Model CD player (on account of it's size), which goes through the speakers ok but really doesn't give much depth or oomph - will this amp bring this cd player's sound up to scratch?
3 - or would I be better off with a Denon or somesuch CD player with an amp in it, and putting the turntable through this kit?
4 And finally, I see from the back of the Stereo Box S2 amp, it doesn't have a pair of RCA sockets to one speaker, but a L/R output x2, so presumably an amp feeds each speaker directly. Will this be ok with the Jamo speakers where the R speaker feeds the L speaker? (And what type of cable do I need as these outputs aren't RCA - are these banana outputs??
Thanks in anticipation
Mark