Hi everyone 👋🏻

  
Just wanted to share my judiciously cheap but decent system - it's been bringing me a lot of joy. 

  
The turntable and speakers were rescued from nearly 20 years of purgatory in a family member's attic. The amplifier and CD deck are eBay finds. I'm hoping to soon add a streamer too, likely a wiim mini with a DAC.   

  
The details:

Record deck : Dual CS 505-3 with an Ortofon OM10 cartridge/stylus. Upgrade plan for this will be an Ortofon OM20 stylus. 

  
Amplifier : Marantz FM-66SE. Recently purchased for £175 as a replacement for an even cheaper Philips FA-630 that served its purposes as an entry into a separates system but desperately needed replacing. 

  
CD deck : Philips CD610ii. Not much to say, cheap and cheerful but sounds good enough to me. 

  
Speakers : Wharfedale Mach 5. These are great. I can't find a huge amount about them online but this set seems to date back to around the mid 1980s. They're really bright thanks to horn tweeters and seem to produce some really nice separation especially since the amplifier upgrade. They're quite light on the bass side of things, being more controlled than forward, but if the source provides it they can push some nice rumbles when fed some power. 

  
What do you think? What would your changes or upgrade paths be for this system? 

My Current Setup