We recently built a deck-plus-amp-plus-speakers system that paired a newly Award-winning Rega turntable with an amplifier from the British brand's impressive lineup, plus a pair of PMC standmounts, for around £3000 / $5000 / AU$6500. It's a terrific system that anyone looking to start a vinyl setup from scratch around that price point should consider. But what if you prefer, and have the room for, floorstanding speakers instead of bookshelf designs?
Here we have a similarly talented turntable system heralded by the Q Acoustics 5050 floorstanders – also new What Hi-Fi? Award winners – which are better suited to larger rooms than the more diminutive PMCs. This trio also differs in sonic character; while some will feel more at home with the rhythmically-driven emphasis of the Rega-led set-up, others will warm to the particular merits of the alternative Q Acoustics, Technics and Arcam combo we have meticulously put together here...
