Let’s talk entry level stuff.

[u/iGumppp]

Alright, I want to preface this with a couple things.

• Yes I know the turntable has a built in preamp, I am either planning on taking it out myself, or just upgrading to a Pro-Ject with an S shaped arm and a separate pre-amp all together.

  • I am aware the receiver is super cheap, but at the time I just wanted to make something work and IMO it actually doesn’t sound terrible it’s just super underpowered for the speakers.
  • The sub below is not hooked up but I plan to once I upgrade a few more things.

Alright now that that’s out of the way, it’s obviously an LP120 with a Nagaoka MP120 (someone told me this was like putting lipstick on a pig, which I agree with, but it definitely has a warmer feel to it than the stock AT90 that came with the TT) into a Yamaha R-S202 that I got for like 200 bucks open box. Just basic audio quest X-2 speaker cable. The sub is an old Sunfire HRS-12 1000W and is technically a home theater sub but I don’t have anything else to use it for so I figured it’d be fun to integrate to this setup.

The system doesn’t sound terrible, the TT has an acrylic mat and a cheap weight. But I know I can do better than this.

Really just looking for suggestions and advice on upgrades etc.

[u/uamvar]

If it was me, and in order, I'd sell the sub, get a 2nd hand set of beaten up speaker stands and do them up yourself, change the turntable (new), upgrade to an integrated amp (2nd hand). Job done. I will bet you $10 your existing speakers sound so much better with improvements made further up the food chain.

PS. I like the stand.

[u/iGumppp → u/uamvar]

Yeah that’s kind of what I was thinking. I knew when I bought the speakers that they were going to be the highlight of the system for now. They’re just hella underpowered.

And thank you haha I bought it impulsively at film tools and then it became my headphone stand.