Turntable Bundle - Denon DP-29F (Silver) & Cambridge Audio AXA25 (Lunar Grey) with Wharfedale Diamond 9.0 (Black) £299 (VIP) @ Richer Sounds

Depends how much money you want to spend… if you are dipping your toe in it’s fine … if you seriously want to back to vinyl the speakers won’t cut it….. amp is ok … but as has been pointed out no phono stage.

Ive got a audiolab 6000a play amp which has a built in phono stage …. It’s ok . But ve also got a dedicated headphone setup with a phono stage that’s not far off the price of the amp itself …. It creams it for sound. 

if you are coming in completely cold to hifi seperates a good starting point is £300-£500 for new… you can buy ALOT better 2nd hand / clearance . 

Yeah, add a pair of passive speakers to the Jukebox E and away you go. Not bad at all.... Although it's not particularly cheap in my humble opinion.

Like you, grew up with vinyl then started to adopt CD’s when they came along as the hardware you played them on allowed you to select the tracks you wanted to play without all the faff of having to get up and change the track. Then I ripped all my CD’s when the software became widely available and I was able to copy that onto an SD card and put it on my phone. Never thought I’d sign up to a streaming service but did! Now its even easier to select the music you want to hear, whether shouting to Alexa or choosing it on a phone or device via an app!

I do still miss ‘owning’ the physical media, you can’t better vinyl and its packaging, I still have a dozen or so of my favourite album sleeves framed and hanging on the wall… pieces of art in their own right. My most cherished two are New Order’s ‘Everything’s Gone Green’ and Joy Division’s ‘Atmosphere/She’s Lost Control’ 12 Singles which I got signed by New Order back in 1984 when they played at a nightclub in Southampton! With a friend, we’d waited outside the stage door when their roadie came out and saw us, me clasping the record sleeves and he asked us me if I wanted to meet the band… er ‘Yes please’!! He took us backstage and the four of them were just sat there chilling out having a drink… Hooky asked me if I wanted those signed and all four duly signed both 12 singles! I forget which of the four said it but when it came to signing the Joy Division sleeve one said ‘good choice’ I was 16 and awe struck in front of my favourite band! I’ve dined out on that story for almost 40 years! So, vinyl has a special place in my heart, I’m glad I never sold any of my collection and I’m enjoying playing it again! (edited)

Lucky you! I sold my 1210s in my late teens and I sorely regret it. They’re pretty damn expensive now and I’d love a set again. I have a Pro-Ject Carbon table and it sounds fantastic, but given that I still have my old trance/house collection, I’d love to be able to do a few mixes again! Plus they’re just generally fantastic tables. (edited)

yes the project is a way better turntable, so if the amp is 250 and the diamond 9s are 80 for vip customers
then the total would be 430.

The Denon turntable has a built-in phono stage, so this should be OK, right?

They're very similar. Could even be the same cartridge / stylus and very possibly built in the same factory. It's a tried and trusted design.

Didn’t want to comment… so does mine

No

If you are unsure, I'd buy this setup new rather than a second hand setup that might have been abused.

I'm a big fan of direct drive turntables, but you tend to need to know a bit about them. Belt drive is also absolutely fine.

Oh dear - sounds like a load of rubbish

What’s your budget ?