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My 12 year old stepdaughter wants a turntable for her bedroom for christmas. (She also wants to inherit my system when I die....) . Doing a complete component system is not in the cards I don't think. I checked out Amazon and there are a number of inexpensive all in ones. Are they any good? Could you have a reasonable experience with one? Recommedations?
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That is a nice system you have :)...
dee
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I gave my son a complete used system, Dahlquist DQ10's, an Onkyo 1057F turntable, Denon 90 watt per channel integrated amp, and a Sansui tuner, cost was less than $600.
Not sure what your budget is...
TR
like that strike you, although you don't mention a budget. In Northern California CL has tons of deals. Last X-mas I gave my friend's 12 year old daughter an Sl1300, a nice Denon Amp, and some polk speakers. Total cost was under $300. He got her a 150 cart and they were good to go. It takes a bit of time to put together, but you have a month.
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Edits: 11/28/14
and am dead solid certain most days one could put together a solid starter system for under $300.
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The TT below features a built in phono pre (switchable to straight line out) and the speakers are active (self powered, no amp required).
Music Hall usb-1 Record Turntable $250
M-Audio Studiophile AV 40 Active Studio Monitor Speakers $119Free S&H
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Edits: 11/27/14
Coupled with a pair of active speakers, it will perform well above its cost!
Mother-in-law was given that table for Christmas. Sounds great!
Dman
Analog Junkie
That's a solid recommendation and will help preserve the albums she plans on playing.
Would be a good choice for a kid. It would also leave room for future expandability. You could switch from the internal phono pre to RCA line output and add an external phono pre a some point.Using studio monitors gives you a lot of speaker choices as well ... Auidoengine, KRK, Mackie, Yamaha, JBL, Behringer ... etc.
Unhook the RCA's from the TT ... you could go w/ a CD player or Ipod hook up.
IMHO ... would be a good 1st rig for a kid ... better than anything I had when I was that age.
If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
--Zen Proverb
Edits: 11/28/14
Give her BOSE
I would forgo on the all in one. Take a look at Parts Express. You can get a Teac AG-790 receiver for $120,Dayton Audio B652 speakers for $40 and a Pioneer PL-990 TT for $140. This is all for under $270 with free shipping. I think this would be much better than any all in one. Make the child happy and get her something special on Christmas morning!
My daughter just bought a Crosley Musician Entertainment Center for a retirement home where she works. She asked me to check it out. I was surprised that the turntable played with such good speed stability. The VTF was 6-grams, so it might wear out records faster than modern turntables. The turntable actually sounded better than I expected, though. Everything seemed to work well except for the cassette player, which had poor speed stability. That might have been due to the particular cassette I found out in the garage, which was pretty old. Of course, sound quality was nothing to shout about compared to a good stereo system, but it sounded as good as any radio. It had an input for connecting an iPod or MP3 player, which seemed to produce the best sound quality of all. I thought it was worth the money if you couldn't afford anything better.
Good luck,
John Elison
I could be mis-remembering but I thought Fremer found the Crosley to be designed incorrectly, as in the geometry of the arm was wrong. Or something like that.
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You're kidding, right? LoL!
Best go vintage for an all-in-one or components. KLH made some decent all-in-ones in the 1970s and early 80s, as did Sony and Denon.
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