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Nevermind. I GAS'd out and bought the orbit deck. With the acrylic platter and basic cartridge. ALso got the little bear T-7 which I can hopefully take apart and repaint a cooler color to match the green turntable.....yeeaahh booooiiii.

EDit:

If an fuzz peeps are using powered monitors in a home stereo style setup, what are you using?

I am looking at the Presonous Eris 4.5 or 5.25. Any better suggestions?

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ErisE4.5

I looked at them for a while but ended up spending a few extra monies for a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon.

Dang. That pro ject is sweet looking. The orbit is going in the living room and was about as much as I could justify spending.

Need some direction on speakers for this set up. Any thoughts on these. Like them mostly because they are pretty plain.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ErisE4.5

Audioengines A2s should be around that price too, might be worth looking into?

A5s tend to be a pretty common powered monitor recommendation. Maybe the A2s are also pretty neat?

I use the a2s as desktop speakers and they're pretty great, if a little bass heavy. Biggest knock against them is the volume knob being on the back.

ziltoid wrote:I looked at them for a while but ended up spending a few extra monies for a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon.

I wanted to say this earlier but didn't wanna freak you out with the price . This is what I always recommend to people looking for new turntables, and they almost always balk at the cost. I think the U-Turns are a little cheap feeling, but then again, that's just an opinion. I recommend the Pro-Ject because they're built pretty rock-solidly and the Ortofon Red is a very nice starter audiophile cartridge.

Turntable Lab is awesome if you haven't checked them out. If you're into the idea of spending a little more than the U-Turn but don't quite wanna drop 4 hundo on the Debut (very understandable), I'd consider the Denon or the Pro-Ject Essential II.

https://www.turntablelab.com/collections/turntables

And fwiw I like Audioengines! Nice solution if you wanna go receiver-less.

My setup is a Pro-Ject Debut III (predates the carbon), Acryl-it platter, Speed-box II, Ortofon 2M blue into a Marantz 1060, driving a pair of B&W ZMF2001 bookshelves.

Looking to upgrade the speakers soon, and my stylus is starting to get to the point where I've put a generous number of hours on it...

I love the Ortofon Blue! I've got one on my 1200.

Turntable Lab is legit. Got my Debut Carbon from there. I very much want that automatic Denon table they sell with an Ortofon 2M Red.

I ended up getting the Presonous Eris E5's for like $80 a piece. For under $200 shipped the sound great. The Little bear preamp sucks a butt, really needs a volume knob. The orbit is for sure green, feels kind of like a toy. Also, it is internally grounded which I had never seen on a TT.

Either going to look into building a tube pre with more inputs and a volume knob. More likely have some else build it because I have very little free time lately. Something with a bitchin etched case for the living room.