Good setup for listening to Vinyl

[JulesMaximus]

I picked up a turntable (Denon) and receiver (Pioneer) from my Mom-In-Law's house about 6 months ago. It was stuff she purchased in the early 90s and when she passed away I decided to grab these items rather than let them go into the estate sale so I could play records again.

Anyway, I have a pair of Klipsch bookshelf speakers that are almost 20 years old and in excellent condition. They cost me around $500 when new.

I have a number of records from when I was in my teens and have been rediscovering how good they sound but I'm wondering if this is a decent setup for listening to vinyl. I'm reading about pre-amps and phono soundstages but I know nothing about this.

So far, all of this cost me nothing.

I'll post model numbers later tonight.

Speakers are Klipsch KG 2.5.

 

[giantpandaman2]

Unless you're planning to go with tube amps and paying a lot of money to get new speakers I'd stick with what you have. Old receivers have more ample power supplies than newer ones. (Newer ones are too busy cramming all the new connection/decoding technology into their tiny chassis.) Speakers don't "get old" and good new turntables start at $300 and go way up from there.

In other words: you got a good setup already. Just not worth it to upgrade unless you wanted to spend lots and lots of money.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Unless you're planning to go with tube amps and paying a lot of money to get new speakers I'd stick with what you have. Old receivers have more ample power supplies than newer ones. (Newer ones are too busy cramming all the new connection/decoding technology into their tiny chassis.) Speakers don't "get old" and good new turntables start at $300 and go way up from there.

In other words: you got a good setup already. Just not worth it to upgrade unless you wanted to spend lots and lots of money.

I think the speakers are fine, I just need to move them farther apart than they are now.

The receiver is a Kenwood KR-A5040 actually and the turntable is a Denon DP-35F with an M105E cartridge.

It sounds pretty good IMO but was just wondering if there was anything I could do to make it even better without spending a boat load of money.

 

[sdifox]

Better cartridge? Can also use tuneup (weight, angle adjustment) since it has beem moved

 

[Dude111]

Unless you're planning to go with tube amps and paying a lot of money to get new speakers I'd stick with what you have. Old receivers have more ample power supplies than newer ones. (Newer ones are too busy cramming all the new connection/decoding technology into their tiny chassis.) Speakers don't "get old" and good new turntables start at $300 and go way up from there.

In other words: you got a good setup already. Just not worth it to upgrade unless you wanted to spend lots and lots of money.

Indeed!!!!!!

OLDER STUFF IS BETTER!!!!!!!


Enjoy your analog stuff my friend,NOTHING LIKE IT!!!!!!