Great choices, as far as I know anyway! 😊 You asked for ideas, well one obvious one is upgrades from this system. Just by coincidence where I happen to be myself!😅 I look forward to this video next Wednesday 😎

i got the yamaha ax396 to replace my old naim that died in a power outage ,and found the yamaha is such a dynamic amp and powering a pair of mission 731s and suprised how much detail im hearing from the yamaha over my old naim and i got a audio technica atlp120 usb turntable and the yamaha has a excellent built in phono stage , great video as always paul

Thanks for that Paul, I'm sure many of your viewers are like me who would like to spend big but are unable due to finance or wives etc. Your videos are always entertaining And educational.

Very good Paul, hopefully you bring many more people into this wonderful hobby. Jim 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙂

Land of Grey & Pink AND Journey to the Centre of the Eye. Warm fuzzy feelings ensue 😁

I prefer the sauce! Good speak Paul! I run a Rega P1+ at my summer home, with an upgraded AT VM95ML cartridge. Best combination in the price bracket that I could listen to at my HiFi-dealer (better then with that Project Phono-Stage) /ptr

Hi Paul the Rega Planar 1 maybe the best sounding turntable possibly but that is lost with a vary basic cartridge and cables which are very poor. These type of cables are usually given as “Get you up an running “with many hi fi components. Whereas the Pro-Ject maximises its performance with decent cables and a better cartridge.

AXA 25 doesn’t offer remote control. That could be a big issue for a lot of people. I picked one up refurbished direct from Cambridge via eBay for $129 US dollars! They do frequently have the AXA 35 available as well. Not a bad route. I love my AXA 25 driving a pair of NHT 1.5s on my desktop. It’s a very nice sounding amplifier with more than enough power for most people. Your TT recommendations were spot on, as expected.

Thanks for all the info Paul, actually I bought on Summer a Planar 1 following your videos about best budget Turntable. Store wanted to sell me an Planar 1+, but after I checked reviews on your website I decide it about Planar 1, I bought also best budget Project pre-amp and headphones amplifier; I just had to ground the system to erase hum and I've loved how sounds. in case of a future upgrade for cartridge, what could you suggest? Thanks again for the help.

Thanks for the video...i have the Cambridge audio AXA 35 and the audio technica LP 5x do you think the art DjPre II Is Better than the pre phono built in in the Cambridge? Many thanks!

Thank you Paul! Hoping you, & the community can lend a 'non - audiophile' a helping hand? (roll eyes!) My previous second hand set-up was a NAD 533 belt drive turntable | external Integrated amp, Trio KA3700 | Gale 3010 passive speakers; broadly speaking the sound when factoring in my budget & 'unrefined ear' was good, but I changed things in favour of convenience, with less wires, and a smaller footprint etc, however the sound is HUGELY disappointing! Current set-up; ATLP5X (From all I read pre-purchase, plus your comprehensive review, a good budget turntable) | Audio Pro C5 powered speaker which, when playing digital music is fine. SO, to diagnose and rectify the problem - should I be adding an external amp & revert back to passive speakers..... I'm at risk of entering quite a rabbit hole, please send help. Thanks, all advice welcome!

Hi Paul, I was wondering if you could provide some advice as to what amplifier I should look to get for my setup - I'm willing to go the second hand route as I'd rather save the extra penny, since it's mostly going to be for recreational use every now and then. My budget would be somewhere between 100-200£, depending on if spending a little extra will be beneficial at all. Currently, I've got myself a second hand Numark PRO TT-1, with a headshell and some random stylus that came with it (I'm planning to eventually upgrade it to a cartridge style, like one of the Ortofon Concordes), but it seems to all be in working order. As for the speakers, I've got a pair of passive ELAC B5.2 Debut 2.0's, according to the specification these have a nominal impedance of 6-Ohms. I've got these speakers hooked up to a S.M.S.L SA300 desktop amp, and using the built-in DAC plugged in via USB/Bluetooth, it works great with these speakers. I've tried pairing it up with the turntable, but it seems to not have enough juice as I have to crank the volume quite high, which introduces a lot of noise. Granted, even though I do like a good sounding system, I'm not all that familiar with the technicalities, so do excuse me if anything that I've just said is incoherent. :^) Looking forward to hear what you have to say, thanks for the video!

Nice video. The Cambridge AXA35 lasted for 2 weeks here. Then the right channel failed. Ik brought it back and bought a Rotel A 10

@GeorgeCrosley

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I tried the pricier AXR100, but had to return it because of fan noise. Maybe it was a dud unit, but I'll stay away from Cambridge henceforth.

Hey! Maybe not necessarily related to this video. But I’ve been doing research to upgrade my old but gorgeous and unfortunately now broken Lenco L435 and I stumbled upon your channel. All of the channels I come across mention turntables like Pro-Ject and Fluance etc etc… But on Thorens turntable there is not much to be found. Why is that? Is it because of you don’t get as much bang for your buck with the entry level ones? The entry levels ones seem like reasonably priced and also good like turntables. But maybe I’m missing something why you don’t see so much about them? Thanks for answering I’m advance!

Nektar - Journey To The Centre Of The Eye! Very nice.

I like the Fluance RT-85 very much. $500 but worth it with the excellent Ortofon 2M Blue Stylus.

alright so i dont know what rabbit hole i jumped into, i was able to get a atlp5x with some competition but had nothing to pair it with. i was looking and you can keep on looking forever. atm i want to pair them with something like the klipsch r-40m? but what would be an amp that can help me out for my basic tv+ vinyl setup for arround 400euros XD

New LP fan here, can anyone recommend me an amplifier and speaker pair for Pro-Ject debut pro? I'm really confused right now...THX

Great video! What are your thoughts on the Fluance RT82?

@TheAudiophileMan

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I'll answer this one in Friday's video - watch the skies.

What turntable is at 15 minutes? Like it, i'm a S tonearms fan ;)

The point of the strobe and fine speed adjust is of course that some turntables cannot be trusted to spin at the right speed all the time so you need a way of manually checking and adjusting the speed. Manufacturers like Rega expect you just to trust them that they engineered their products properly to always turn at the right speed. Or you can do as many do and buy a turntable based on the manufacturer's claimed wow and flutter numbers. Whatever they are.

The turntable as the most important part of the system was the philosophy first espoused by Linn over 40 years ago and has been the fundamental doctrine for audiophiles since then. Prior to that people thought the speakers were the most important as obviously a puny speaker isn't going to sound better than big expensive ones.

Great information. Thank you. But unfortunately the Rega sells for 595 dollars here in the states. While the AT LP5X is 449. I like the Rega but price seems excessive.I

@TheAudiophileMan

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I am planning a turntable-based Guide which you may find offers better choice if you’re purchasing in the USA. Look out for that one.

Hi, Paul! Just recently bought the Rega Planar 1 Plus in the new matte white finish for its built-in preamp. Actually getting it in the post today, yay! For cartridge upgrades, which one would you suggest? Thank you! :)

@TheAudiophileMan

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I'll answer this one in Friday's video - watch the skies.

@phoebecasin

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@@TheAudiophileMan Awesome. Thanks, Paul!

I currently have a Cambridge Duo phono amp going into active speakers. I'm thinking a good upgrade would be to get the AXA 25 and some good quality passive speakers. Should I feel guilty about spending more on the phono amp than the AXA 25?

@TheAudiophileMan

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Hi Andrew - no, you have my permission to go all out on the phono and upgrade the amp later on :) You should always upgrade from the source downward anyway so this will be the right order, down the chain. What you will have then is a full-on, up-and-at-'im source, ready for anything. Any later amp upgrade will thus be a genuine and full upgrade.

Hi. I bought my first turntable in 2021. Coming to this hobby fresh is not so easy. All you guys have record collections you've been amassing since the '70s. But starting off from scratch today it's expensive. How about a guide and tips to the arcane and dark art of buying decent sounding records which aren't scratched to hell or thin sounding. Where to buy and what to look for when you inspect the discs. 1st, nth pressings, discogs, eBay, oxfam, record fairs, the rubbishy grading system (anything less than vg+ = rubbish)also digital v analogue why buy a remaster that's effectively a cd on a record..all that malarkey.

@TheAudiophileMan

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Ok, noted. Thanks for writing.

@seancrotty6306

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@@TheAudiophileMan Channel is great btw. Also nice hearing a voice from close-ish to home (I'm from Crosby)

@TheAudiophileMan

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@@seancrotty6306 Ah, posh eh? :) (Well, it was when I was kid). But seriously! Many thanks for your kind comments, thanks for watching.

Hi, Paul how about a video on what CD/CDT to add to this system...

@TheAudiophileMan

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Good one, Mark - I'd like to get a couple of extra low-cost CD players under my belt before I do that but hey, it gives me a push to do that. Thanks.

Love your phraseology and your humour and thanks for all the info you give. Upstairs we have my beloved Trio/Kenwood KD1033 turntable with 1990's Sony amp and cd player. Downstairs we have the same Sony amp and cd player but with a Sony PSLX 210 (I hear your cry of horror). Planning to replace it ...but with what. I'm mainly rock but I've recently got into 78's and was thinking of buying an Audio Technica ATLP120X. Now I know that you've recommended the ATLP5X but it has no pitch control. My Fat's Waller 78's may need pitch control. Am I the lost forth group of buyer?😊

@TheAudiophileMan

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That's very kind of you. Thanks. I'll answer this one in Friday's video - watch the skies.

sorry - disagree with the concept of ' budget' and T'tables. Ya can buy a good DVD player at a big box store for $ 75. U.S. - a decent T'table, $ 300. min. and then there is the issue of durability, even the cost of the source (CD / LP ) itself..... I own the Q speakers, used the actual speakers in a classic late '60's AR cabinets, with additional bass units. also have a Cambridge - receiver, AR 100.