whats best please help?

[scott608]

Hi

I have a sony dns1040 with tannoy 101 surround sound speaker set up, I want to get my vinyl collection back up and running and am looking at the Project essential 2 turntable maybe even the Project Debut SE3 if it's really worth spending the extra? Do you get more back for the extra cash?

I'm on the understanding I will also have to buy a pre amp to connect a table to my amp, looking at the CAMBRIDGE AUDIOAZUR 551P, Is this a good buy?

Your help is very much appreciated.

scott

 

[iMark]

If your new turntable is essentially for playing an old vinyl collection I would buy a Pro-Ject with an integrated phono stage like the Elemental 2 USB or the Essential 2 USB.

The Debut SE3 has a better arm and cartridge but the improvement won't be as much as moving up from a cheapie USB turntable to the Elemental or Essential. I don't think there is a lot to choose between the two. But the Essential comes with a lid and that might be consideration.

 

[scott608]

Hi Mark

Yeah it's mostly for older vinyl, led zep, hendrix, but also the new stuff, but that's great advice and obviously an integrated phono stage was something I wasn't aware of thank you very much for your advice. I will have to have a demo of the two systems as richer sounds have a £65 difference between the two systems.

thanks again

scott

 

[iMark]

I hope your vinyl has been stored properly. Otherwise you might be in for some nasty surprises of clicks and pops when you first play them. I've had success in cleaning old LPs with a Knosti Disco Antistat. Some second hand LPs sound quite good now. Others however were so worn that they couldn't be revived. It's a bit of hit and miss with old vinyl. It also depends on the original quality of the pressing and the equipment it has been played on.

I was very fortunate that my parents were very careful with their records and they mainly bought classical in the 1950s, 60s, 70's and 80's. They never had any state of the art equipment but at least it was good enough not to damage any of the records.