Well - ive done my intro in the welcome thread so here goes with the questions.
I'm in the process of setting my 16yr old up with a basic first system due to his desire to listen to some vinyl - I've not been 'into' hifi since the 80s/90s so am well out of the loop but ive set him up with a Dual 505-1, Kenwood KAF1030 amp and due to a slight bidding mess up I've got 2 pairs of speakers arriving this week - a pair of KEF Chorale 3s and a pair of KEF Coda 3s. Yep, I revisited the sort of stuff I had back in the 80s when starting out.
The Kenwood amp was very cheap and to be honest will be upgraded first - I'd go for a Marantz or a NAD but what do you guys think his next amp should be bearing in mind he's on apprentice wages.
His listening taste is surprisingly varied for a 16yr old - rock, pop, reggae & blues from the 70s to the present day and thankfully he listens at fairly reasonable volumes so quality rather than window rattling bass is the order of the day.