re: Audiophile/Vinyl Thread - Post Pics, Advice, Questions, Setups, etc.

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Marco Esquandolas

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My fiance and I started collecting vinyl a little over a year ago. We are finally up over 100 vinyl now in our collection. Our first turntable we purchased was at Best Buy, because we didn't really know what we were looking for and how immersed we would be with it, we bought a Sony PS-LX300USB. It was cheap and we liked the idea of getting a Sony turntable to match the receiver and CD changer we already had. Now I am looking to upgrade turntables a little bit for better overall quality. I think I want my budget to be $500 or less. Can't afford the McIntosh stuff yet.

My current system is:

Sony PS-LX300USB - turntable
Sony STR-DH130 - receiver
Sony CDP-CE500 - CD changer
Bose 301's (2)


I found out that Sony is releasing a new turntable sometime this Spring, the Sony PS-HX500. So I asked my friend that has been in the A/V business for 20+ years about it. He saw it at CES in Vegas just a couple of weeks ago and recommended that I look outside of Sony and think about some other brands. Two that he mentioned are Onkyo CP-1050 and Pro-Ject Debut Carbon. What do you know about these companies and/or turntables? Or is there any other manufacturers you would recommend over these?