Buzz1024
04-05-2015, 21:42
Hi to all I'm Greg from Edinburgh - just joined and yet to have a good look through all the posts.
My 16yr old son announced last week that he'd like to listen to some vinyl :) so her I am :lol:
Back in the 80's I got into hifi myself and spent a ridiculous amount of money until marriage, kids, mortgages etc intervened and probably like a lot of us, the hifi gear had to go :rolleyes: and in the intervening years I kind of lost the 'listening' thing even though music has always been on. When I think about it, the only time that I actually properly listen is in the car - thankfully I have a Range Rover with a Harmon Kardon system in it, but it's still not proper listening.
Anyway - junior asking about vinyl got me thinking and I agreed to shell out for some equipment for him so off he went to surf the web and came back with a list of stuff - so I had to educate him a bit which ended up with me saying that I would put a few things together for him, purely as a very basic starter system.
I've had a fun week raking ebay (and reliving my youth a bit :lol: ) and have ended up with a Dual 505-1, a Kenwood kac1030 amp which will likely be the first thing to be changed (a nice 80s Marantz would be nice) and after a slight bidding cockerel up I've got a pair of KEF Chorale 3s AND a pair of KEF Coda 3s arriving in the next couple of days - we'll just have to try them both out and see what suits his ears. The deal is that he will have to save up for any upgrades that he wants but for an outlay of around £120 i reckon that he's got a good start especially for someone who has grown up with mp3 & headphones.
I'm looking forward to setting it all up and seeing his reaction on listening to vinyl for the first time.
And suggestions for a slightly better amp are most welcome.
My 16yr old son announced last week that he'd like to listen to some vinyl :) so her I am :lol:
Back in the 80's I got into hifi myself and spent a ridiculous amount of money until marriage, kids, mortgages etc intervened and probably like a lot of us, the hifi gear had to go :rolleyes: and in the intervening years I kind of lost the 'listening' thing even though music has always been on. When I think about it, the only time that I actually properly listen is in the car - thankfully I have a Range Rover with a Harmon Kardon system in it, but it's still not proper listening.
Anyway - junior asking about vinyl got me thinking and I agreed to shell out for some equipment for him so off he went to surf the web and came back with a list of stuff - so I had to educate him a bit which ended up with me saying that I would put a few things together for him, purely as a very basic starter system.
I've had a fun week raking ebay (and reliving my youth a bit :lol: ) and have ended up with a Dual 505-1, a Kenwood kac1030 amp which will likely be the first thing to be changed (a nice 80s Marantz would be nice) and after a slight bidding cockerel up I've got a pair of KEF Chorale 3s AND a pair of KEF Coda 3s arriving in the next couple of days - we'll just have to try them both out and see what suits his ears. The deal is that he will have to save up for any upgrades that he wants but for an outlay of around £120 i reckon that he's got a good start especially for someone who has grown up with mp3 & headphones.
I'm looking forward to setting it all up and seeing his reaction on listening to vinyl for the first time.
And suggestions for a slightly better amp are most welcome.