Can I assemble a decent system out of these components


Hi -

I recently inherited my dad's stereo system and record collection. His system evolved over time and he kept nearly all the vintage stuff so I had a lot to sort through. I sold some of the really high spec stuff (Pass amps, Thiel CS7s, etc...) as I could never have done them justice. I'd love to make a workable system out of some of what is left for myself, mainly as a way to remember him. This means have a workable turntable. So what I'm asking here is (a) can I assemble a workable system out of the following and (b) does it make sense or would it be better to sell the components for something a bit easier to set up and maintain.

Here's what I have to work with (assume all necessary cables and power supplies are available...):

Turntable: VPI HW 19 mk IV with TNT upgrade, a SME series IV magnesium Tone Arm and a genesis 2000 sigma m cartridge.

Amps:

  1. Classe Cap 101
  2. Acoustic Research integrated amp

Pre-amp: Audio Research PH3

Related: NAD m10, NAD m50.2, bluesound node

Speakers (all pairs)

  1. Maggie mg-iic (probably not workable in my space but beautiful)
  2. Aerial acoustics model 5
  3. Pulse 2i
  4. Some thiel SCS2 and subs

For the moment, I'd happily set something up that connects the turntable to the NAD or node stuff to play through wireless speakers, if possible. I get that that isn't the nicest way to play the records and probably is a bit of a waste of the VPI. So some of what I'm asking is whether it is worth trading down or not on the VPI.

jrhalket

Very nice gear you inherited! I would keep the VPI and AR PH3 and at least one of the amps, assuming you know how to set up the VPI (leveling, tracking force, etc.). Selling that and buying a new TT seems odd to me. You loose on the trade and you loose in potential sound quality, so a loose-loose approach. my 2c.

Not sure whether it is possible to play vinyl with your gear to wireless speakers. I would re-think the wireless, and use some of the available wired speakers instead. Some wireless speakers can be set up that one gets wires in (close to amp) while second one is WiFi/BT tethered to the first.

Even if you can't play vinyl through the preferred wireless speakers, I would keep the VPI/AR for future use. You can get some cheap USB TT as a tie over.

If vinyl is not your thing to begin with, then I would question all of the vinyl, including the record collection, though I bet there are memories embedded with them. 

Run the VPI into the PH3, on standard RCA cables run the output of the PH3 to the one set of RCA inputs on the M10. Done, good luck and enjoy.