My son needs something to listen to records on!
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My 14 year old sons christmas list consists of a bunch of Iron Maiden LPs and a record player!
I was surprised to say the least...
Anyway, it's probably a fad but dont want to let him down.. What can I get that'll be half decent so he can play the things?
I was thinking a cheap amp and turntable and some half decent headphones? Maybe a couple of small speakers too?
Want to try and keep it below £200 if possible.. but dont want to get some cheap cack all in one thing (a decent quality all in one would do fine)..
Any ideas?
Cheers
Dave
I was surprised to say the least...
Anyway, it's probably a fad but dont want to let him down.. What can I get that'll be half decent so he can play the things?
I was thinking a cheap amp and turntable and some half decent headphones? Maybe a couple of small speakers too?
Want to try and keep it below £200 if possible.. but dont want to get some cheap cack all in one thing (a decent quality all in one would do fine)..
Any ideas?
Cheers
Dave
thelawnet said:
Get a 5.1 system, receiver, then the LP player to go with it. Connect it all to the TV.
Sounds like a disaster, he'll be wanting to listen to "The Maiden" whilst I'm trying to watch NCIS! 
Thanks for the suggestions, the Richer Sounds stuff is pretty much what I was thinking, throw in a decent set of headphones to take it to about £300, should do the trick.
Second hand may be the route, had a good chat with a nice chap in richer sounds today, he was really honest and basically said the setup I was thinking of (cheapest of each) will work fine but ultimately a poor setup, a bit more 450-ish gets something quite good, but that may be a bit much.
More thought required.
More thought required.
Ollerton57 said:
One thing to note re: the richer sounds stuff, is that the link is for a pre-amp. Not an amp. It won't power speakers, but will only boost the turn table signal.
A separate amp will be required on top of that.
Yup, that's pretty much the conversation I had with the very nice chap in richer sounds.A separate amp will be required on top of that.
They did have some stuff with built in pre amp but it was mostly cack, so next step was upgrade both turntable and amp to include all the right bits, at which point I made my excuses and legged it, it was getting pricey for what is probably a fad!
Ultimately I found a nice looking Phillips all in one thing, plays via internal speakers or streams to Bluetooth which was nice.
Looks the business (it's probably naff, but was £120 so I'm not grumbling) got it from class ohlson of all places.
Thanks again for all the help chaps!
Just set it up in the office
It's a bit s
t, think typical bedside alarm clock radio sound quality.
It does however do all the bluetooth stuff well, haven't delved in far but it's got a spotify logo on the box so maybe has wifi, CD player, radio and some other stuff, so lots of toys, just a shame the inbuilt speaker is a bit cack.
It's also not black, I thought it was but its some pastel greeny blue thing, checking the pictures online, at a glance it looks black or grey, but they are actually that colour.
So in short, it may well be going back... or I may just give it him and tell him he can polish the car a few times in the new year and I'll get him some proper separates if he's still into his vinyl.
Haven't tried with headphones yet, I'm sure that'll be fine though.
It's a bit s
t, think typical bedside alarm clock radio sound quality.It does however do all the bluetooth stuff well, haven't delved in far but it's got a spotify logo on the box so maybe has wifi, CD player, radio and some other stuff, so lots of toys, just a shame the inbuilt speaker is a bit cack.
It's also not black, I thought it was but its some pastel greeny blue thing, checking the pictures online, at a glance it looks black or grey, but they are actually that colour.
So in short, it may well be going back... or I may just give it him and tell him he can polish the car a few times in the new year and I'll get him some proper separates if he's still into his vinyl.
Haven't tried with headphones yet, I'm sure that'll be fine though.
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