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Total guess work with mixing matching like that. It may be worth seeing if they would demo the speakers and turntable if you took your amp in. I'd take a wild stab the that the 606 paired with the Denon may be a bit harsh in sound. Maybe look for less bright speakers? Only your ears can tell though
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Yeah, tbh I feel like any in shop listening won’t be on the cards for a while.
I’ve slept on it; and my brother has the same speakers and really likes them so I’ll probably just go with that with the aim to upgrade/find a good paired amp when I’ve got more dollars. The Denon will essentially just tide me over. I used to run it with a pair of B and W speakers, dm601s and I liked how it sounded.
@BRM I feel like I don’t know enough to buy second hand. I’ve been burned when buying tools second hand so I’m a bit reluctant putting £330 into something that might be a dud. 6 year guarantee looks nice too.
I’d maybe consider second hand for the turntable, but again, I know so little, I figure it’s worth just getting going with something.
It’s like when people buy their first nice adult bike and they realise that £1000 is now the baseline for something that stands any chance of lasting, I was wondering if it was similar with speakers or whatever.
Simultaneously I just want something to listen to and I’ve been indecisive for months! And some unexpected cash came in as a belated wedding present so I want to strike before it gets put off indefinitely again.
/csb
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With £500 to spend on a turntable and a pair of speakers to go with my old Denon PMA700AE amp, how do these two look?
https://www.richersounds.com/hi-fi/turntables/project-primary-e-black.html
https://www.richersounds.com/hi-fi/standmount-speakers/b-w-606-black.html
The Denon amp is old, and has a fairly unsympathetic review here, lol.
https://www.whathifi.com/denon/pma-700ae/review
Pairing the speakers to amp doesn’t seem too important as I’ll probably upgrade amp at some point.
Same goes for the turntable, it’s as much about getting going with a hifi again.