My father has decided that he would like to be able to listen to his aged record collection at his new place. I picked up a well reviewed, inexpensive Fosi phono pre-amp for him (as his AVR does not have a phono input) but when we hooked up his turntable, we discovered it was not well. It's a very old, inexpensive basic Kenwood so it was not really surprising. He would like to replace it with something more functional.
I have never gotten into vinyl myself and don't know a whole lot about the ins and outs of players, etc. So I'm looking for some recommendations for an inexpensive player for him.
So far, what I'm looking at are:
Fluance RT81 ($349 CAD)
Audio Technica AT-LP70X ($229 CAD)
Looking for thoughts concerning one over the other. Or other recommendations entirely.
He doesn't need anything terribly fancy. Something in the $200-$400 CAD range that sounds good, is easy to operate and generally trouble free is the goal.
