Vinyl***What If***


Hypothetical here:
My new incoming Cayin integrated has a built in MM stage..IF I convinced myself I wanted to try vinyl & knowing absolutely nothing about set up,care etc..& do NOT like to constantly fiddle recommend me a complete,bare minimum setup...
Speakers are Harbeth M30.1 & cables are Nordost Lief Series Red Dawn...Thanks much..
freediver
Is the interconnect just a standard RCA analogue interconnect & what is the maximum length the cable can be?
Yes, it's a standard RCA

That table comes with a cable, try it first and if you need something longer, look at Blue Jeans Cables.

Cables for your turntable should have low capacitance and be as short as possible.  If you need a longer cable, Blue Jeans LC-1 has very low capacitance.  

I find all the comments in this thread about whether you should or shouldn't get into vinyl interesting.  It's good that people are pointing out things that might not be readily apparent like the cost of the vinyl itself or that you won't really get the "vinyl experience" without making more of an investment than you are, record cleaning, etc.

I think your approach is good, you'll figure out if you enjoy vinyl or not without spending too much money.  If you do enjoy it, you will most likely find yourself wanting to improve the "experience" and you can then go down the rabbit hole.  

What I would not do is try to upgrade that turntable or any entry level (around $200-$300) table too much.  If you decide you'd like to pursue better sound quality, you can take a big step up buying a used table for $500-$1000, and you can start to get to that "vinyl sounds better than digital" point around $2K (IMHO), and then of course the sky is the limit from there.

When you get into higher end tables you don't have to fuss around too much if you don't want to as long as you have a decent hifi shop near you.  They mount cartridges and set up your table for you if you get into something more high end.  There are some pretty decent higher end "plug and play" options available that aren't fussy, the Clearaudio Concept is one that comes to mind.  There are a number of other options.
Freediver

I was in the same position as yourself a few years back.

I had a Krell integrated and a Krell CD player and tbh the sq was pretty darn excellent!

Decided to try my hand at vinyl again and thought near enough exactly as yourself with a low budget.

Bought a Project Debut if I remember correctly and an el cheapo made in China tube preamp from ebay( think this was the biggest problem), about $370 all in.

Deeply disappointed is an understatement....

Enough so that at that time with my very limited set up experience and lack of tools to do the job right it all went back on ebay and shelved the idea.

Of course the bug had bitten but the next time around I did a lot more research and came to the conclusion a much larger budget would be required.

Now I had a McIntosh c48 preamp with mm/mc inputs and lots of loading options.

Along came a Clearaudio table cw Clearaudio Ebony cartridge I think, anyway about $1500 total.

Now we were getting somewhere and I could at least listen to vinyl quite comfortably.

But it is a serious addiction and I wanted, no , needed more!

Now I have 4 tables and I think 12 cartridges!

Main table, cart and phono stands about 6k in cost, and that's not much by some peoples standards but at this level I am LOVING my vinyl and listen every chance I can.

$350? Nope not even really going to get you a half way decent phono in reality ( yes there will be lots of dissension on that point I am sure!).

Go for it by all means but...….
Btw Freediver.

My previous post was not meant to discourage you from going forward just as a first hand experience from my perspective.

We would love to see you become a "vinyl junkie".

But I for one would also like to make sure you know fully the extent of the damage you may inflict upon yourself ... Lol.

Enjoy your music whatever you decide!
Highly recommend great performance TT/TA setup from George Merrill:
http://hifigem.com/polytable.html  or for an upgrade: http://hifigem.com/PolyTableSUPER12.html

George is a down to earth guy that is more than a wealth of analog information.
Enjoy!