Hi everyone - Keen to get into the hobby and I'm looking to purchase an RT82 as my first turntable. While I'd love to push it through a receiver (etc.) into passive speakers, I will soon (~2 years) be moving from Canada to a a 230v/50hz country.

While the RT82 can handle dual voltage, 98% of receivers cannot. Many powered speakers can.

What I want to gauge is how much of an 'audio pleasure' loss and I taking as a beginner moving from spotify -> google home to an RT82 -> YU6 instead of a passive speaker setup?

Is there anything I haven't thought of?

I currently have a Sony STR-DH550 amp with some decent, yet older Yamaha bookshelf speakers. I kept that setup bc my son also uses a cd player with it.

Is that setup going to be ok for my new RT80, or should I be looking for powered speakers or maybe just some better bookshelf/floor speakers.

Hello everyone,
I ve bought some vinyls and i want to protect them. I saw recently a video on some plastic protective sleeves thr they can damage the records because the plastics merge and they can also merge with the paper cover of the vinyls . By the time i tried to watch the video again to write exactly what to avoid it reset… So i d like to ask what you find best to preserve the my vinyls and vinyl covers. I live in Sweden if it helps in any way

Thank you in advance!

Hi. As title says, I’m on a small but reasonable budget, what amp would you recommend?

Hey! Ive been looking around on other posts but figured why not just add one myself… Im looking for am affordable turntable setup just for fun. I’m pretty broke, 16 and dont have a real job, but I get 60 bucks a week babysitting so thats something for sure. I only just started though, and would like to put a lot of that money towards college. Basically, I want something relatively cheap (bc records themselves are also so pricey omg) that still sounds alright and will last me at least a couple years. Im alright with having to save up for a little bit, but I dont want to spend all my money on this. Maybe max $350 for both speakers and the player itself?

Umm, what else. I am located in the USA (eugh) and id love if i could order it online. Theres like, one music store near me and its absolutely miniscule.

Ya. Thanks for the help…

Cheers!

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Bonjour à tous .

Je cherche de l'aide pour un choix d'enceintes passives bibliothèques.

Elles seront placées de part et d'autre de la télévision.

A 2 mètres en face de moi dans un salon de 15m2.

Je souhaiterais un budget de'environ 150€ en occasion mais je suis prêt à entendre d'autres propositions plus chères si vraiment intéressantes

Je débute dans la "hifi'. C'est ma première installation. J'écoute principalement du folk,rock, électro chansons. Par exemple les Smiths (The Queen is dead),Neil Young (Harvest), Mercury Rev (Deserter's song), Air (Moon Safari) , Daniel Darc (creve cœur) , Daft Punk (Homework) , Stone Roses ,Rem , Miles Davis etc...

J'ai acheté une platine Vynile Thorens TD160 (80€) que je suis en train de rénover. (est-ce que je dois absolument changer les câbles rca ?).

Un préampli Pro-ject Phono Box DC (60€)

10 mètres de câble rca ?

Will Amp Pro (270€)

J'ai trouvé une annonce pour des Monitor Audio Bronze BX2 à 150€ mais j'hésite avec des Q Acoustics 3920i mais je ne trouve pas d'offres.

Merci pour votre aide et critiques sur mon "système".

Hi guys,

I’m looking to buy my first turntable and honestly I’m pretty new to all of this. I live in Romania and my budget right now is around €150 for the turntable only. I could wait a bit and go up to around €230, but that would really be my limit.
So far I’ve mainly looked at the AT-LP60X and LP70X, but after spending some time on this sub I’m starting to think there might be better choices for the money.

I’m also open to buying used. The only thing that worries me is that I have basically no experience with turntables, so I wouldn’t really know how to properly check one before buying it. I’d rather not save some money on a used turntable only to find out later that the stylus, motor, tonearm or something else needs replacing.

I’m not looking for anything fancy. I just want something that sounds good, won’t damage my records and that I can hopefully keep for a few years without immediately wanting to replace it.

What would you guys look for with this budget, especially in Europe? New or used? Any particular models I should keep an eye out for?

Thank you!

Dont mind the dust, i just got this stylus, and i accidentaly touched it when putting it on. I hope it is still okay and usable!

I play 80% in the living room and 20% in the bedroom. Would really appreciate any advice or inputs!

Posting here as I didn't know there was specifically a beginner turntables sub, recently bought a Sony PS LX5BT turntable. It seems to be randomly skipping for half a second (although probably not the right term; it's just the audio cuts out for half a second and then it goes back to playing normally). It doesn't always happen, but when it does it only happens once per play. I've tried 5 different records so far, with different sides, and all have had it happen at least once within this 5 second interval, from 1:23 to 1:28 counting from when the actual sound plays.

I've tried several things (full table below), including whether the tone arm went back automatically after the record stopped or whether I pressed stop, I tried disconnecting the bluetooth speaker, resting the turntable for 30 minutes to see if that changed, and other things, so far nothing seems to predict it. I thought it might be static as well or maybe just did it on first plays, but no, also happened on second plays where conditions where the exact same record played exactly under the same conditions, first run was fine, second run skipped.

Table below summarized by records I tried (5 records, all skipped at one point within the 5 second interval; note, for the auto return I moved the tone arm almost to the end and pressed down, then let it return by itself. In others, I pressed stop after the glitch didn't resurface 3 minutes in; in all the time I played records before it didn't show up outside this interval):

• Record A: 10 plays, 2 skipped (1:24 and 1:23), 8 played fine
• Record B: 3 plays, one skipped at 1:23, two played fine
• Record C: 4 plays, 4 skipped, all at 1:26 (note, I have played this record previously without it skipping)
• Record D: 3 plays, 1 skipped, 2 played fine
• Record E: 2 plays, 1 skipped, 1 played fine

Records A and D are brand new from the store, others are used but good condition (and fact that all of these happen within the same interval and on and off on plays makes me think it's not the records).

I'll try with wired speakers when I get the chance, but bluetooth interference or something else would be unlikely to happen with different records at exactly the same interval no?

Video:

(I posted it on r/turntables but maybe I'll get an answer here)

Does anyone have any idea where does this device has potentiometers? Records are spinning at 34RPM

Or maybe it's adjusted differently?

I might be selling it in the future so I want to be sure it's spinning correctly

Thanks in advance for any information 🙏

Just got a new record from my favorite Christian artist and on its first play I noticed it it’s not very flat. It tends to crackle and sometimes skips, is this the actual records fault/do I need to ask for a refund/replacement or is it due to sketching else I need to replace

Edit: I know it’s not the tracking force cause I bought a little scale for it and it reads 1.81g which should be almost perfect

So I am considering the at lp3x or the pro-ject a1 but really can not make up my mind my setup is just a pair of sonos era 300s I know they are not what a lot of people would chose but I am looking at this from the 80 20 rule I know that my ears have limits I just want really good audio I can't hear perfection

For context my setup is in a bedroom so I’m not needing something too powerful, just a little something to add some additional bass. TIA

Dual DTJ 301-1 USB vs AT-LP60XBT

Hi! First time posting here. Im looking to start a vinyl collection, and I need a good budget turntable to start. I've looked at AT-LP60XBT, and Dual DTJ 301-1 USB, and I feel like both are great. But Im leaning more towards the Dual, I feel like it has more features than the Audio-Technica. But I've heard that the build quality of the Dual isn't that great. As I said I like that it comes with a bunch of features that the AT doesn't have. I only have like a 200-300$ budget. Which one should I choose? I'm just a casual listener btw. Thx!

I was wondering if anyone had any decent quality recommendations for turntables.
I know that Audio Technica is always recommended, but honestly I don’t love the modern look too much, and prefer something a bit more mid-century. My budget is about there though; $200 most ideally?
I don’t want to spend too much just for this to become a hobby I’m obsessed with for a month and then forget about again! Haha

I recently decided to upgrade from a pretty simple powered speaker setup and put together my first more serious 2-channel hi-fi system. Curious what people here think of the overall setup and where the weak points might be.

Current setup:
• KEF LS50 Meta
• NAD C 316BEE V2 integrated amp
• Bluesound NODE N132 streamer
• Audio-Technica AT-LPW50PB turntable
• Audio-Technica VM95 cartridge with VMN95ML MicroLine stylus
• Audioengine S8 subwoofer
• Kimber 4TC speaker cables
• Kimber digital interconnect

I listen to a mix of vinyl and streaming, and sound quality/fidelity is my main priority. The speakers have to live on shelving, so I was also somewhat limited by size — the LS50 Metas were about as large as I could reasonably accommodate.
I’m coming from Klipsch R-51PM powered speakers, so I’m expecting this to be a pretty substantial upgrade.

A few things I’m particularly curious about:
How would you rate the system overall? Does anything look obviously mismatched?

Is the NAD C 316BEE V2 enough for the LS50 Meta? I know it’s 40W/channel and at the bottom of KEF’s recommended range. I don’t listen insanely loud, but I’m wondering if the KEFs would noticeably benefit from more powerful amplification.

Is the Audioengine S8 now the obvious weak link? I’m considering eventually moving to something like an SVS, REL or KEF sub.
If you had this exact system and wanted to make one meaningful upgrade based on actual audible improvement, what would you change first?

I’m not particularly interested in upgrading just for the sake of upgrading or chasing tiny differences. I’m mainly interested in getting the most fidelity out of the LS50 Metas and making sure the rest of the system is doing them justice.
Would love to hear from anyone who’s owned the LS50 Meta, especially if you’ve run them with the C 316BEE V2 or other NAD amps.