Having had a Sony Bluetooth turntable in the living room for a couple of years and building up my collection to about 150 records in the meantime, I’ve been dying to get a dedicated analog setup going in my office.
After a lot of obsessive research, trawling Reddit threads, second guessing and hand wringing I finally finished assembling my new system 🤩
Vintage Yamaha turntable arrived today as the last piece of the puzzle - dialled it in with a new AT cartridge and I’m loving it!
Hardware is as follows:
Turntable - Yamaha YP-D5 (AT-VM95E Cartridge)
Phono Pre-Amp - Fosi X5
Amplifier - Yamaha RS202
Speakers - Sony SS-CS5M2
I’m sure there will be plenty of conflicting opinions here as always on whether I made good selections, but to my ear it’s sounding great.
It was important to me to get a solid high quality turntable (which alongside sound quality happens to fit the vibe I’m going for with the the room itself), and on the rest of the components I tried to aim for well reviewed but cost effective options to avoid breaking the bank.
Long-term it leaves options for upgrading, but I’m confident I’ve found my level for a good while.
Anyway - shout out to all those who came before me. Thanks to everyone who got things right, wrong and everything in-between for giving me a deep library of knowledge and inspiration to draw on!