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The Audioengine speakers have an amp built in along w volume control, so you would only need a phono stage aka phono pre-amp, if you are only going to use that one source. Give us a budget and we can make some recommendations. If you plan to connect more than one source, you would need a full function pre-amp (line plus phono stage) and most likely would run the volume control on the A5+ wide open and control the volume w the pre-amp.

my turntable is all ill be running Ive been looking at a Rotel ra 1520,and a fisher x-100,any opinions on either of these amps ?

I certainly agree with Xti16. The proper road is to get the speakers first and then figure out what components work well with it.

Corin- Both of those appear to be integrated amps; a pre-amp and power amp in one chassis. The Rotel seems to have a pre-amp output so you could use that to drive powered speakers but you'd be "wasting" the amplifier section. I can't tell if the Fisher has pre-amp output jacks. Here's an example of a phono stage that also has additional inputs for a line stage item like a CD player.

http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PAZPHOUSB

ok Im off the powered speaker approach I think I'm just gonna go with the fisher x 100 and hunt around for some speakers