Hi, I’ve got Focal Chora 826 speakers powered by a SuperUniti and a Stageline powered by an i-Supply for my Sony PS-HX500 turntable.
I don’t have another turntable to try but wonder if the quality is good enough to be getting the most our the amplification?
If you feel the answer is it’s not good enough then would you recommend changing the cartridge or the whole thing?
Thanks in advance for your considered responses and experience 
I have not listened to the turntable you have but I think you could do better for similar money. I see that your turntable is for ripping LPs to WAV files so if that is what you wish to do then it will do the job. If you want better-sounding reproduction through your system when playing LPs you can very much do better.
If you could stretch to it I would listen to a Rega Planar 3 (£799 with ND3 cart) or if not then a Planar 1 (£299 inc cart). There are other TTs worth listening to from the Project range for instance.
It is always difficult to comment because of your personal preferences. The simple answer is yes, that turntable is not making the best of the system, but does it do what you want it to?
If not then start to think about what you want from a turntable. My personal preference is for moving coil cartridges so I would be looking at a planar 3 plus a Hana SL, not a cheap upgrade from where you are now. If you stick with an mm cartridge then the Planar 2 might be a good option and then upgrade the cartridge to a better mm at a later stage. I think the planar 2 would be my entry level upgrade from where you are now.
The answer really depends on how much vinyl you play. If digital sources are your main meal and vinyl gets a spin twice a month then it’s probably fine. If you do a lot of vinyl listening then it’s really holding your music back.
Good, bad, high quality, low quality; all depends on context of the listener as much as the system.
Erm… the quality of the rip depends just as much on the quality of the player as when listening directly through a system. (And of course all depends on the quality of the vinyl, from well pressed, unpkayed, unblemished and deep cleaned to poorly pressed, well-worn, warped, scratched, and with decades of engrained dust, or more commonly somewhere between.)
erm… of course but none of the TTs I suggested for improved sound quality have that function on their own although with additional equipment it can be done. So if the main purpose of owning the TT is to easily transfer LPs to WAV files the Sony will do the job.
According to reviews, the Sony TT in the OP sounds good, What Hifi liked it. I can’t say one way or the other as I haven’t heard one, have you?
Thanks for all responses. I initially bought the TT for the ripping function but will almost certainly never use that function again so moving forward it’ll be to listen only. Perhaps I should try out one of the Rega’s at a dealer and take my TT along to compare.
“Good enough” is relative.
It can certainly become much better, depending on your budget ?
I’d say minimum a Rega P3 or Technics 100C solution will be around the €1k area at least.
The Sony PS HX 500, I just checked, costs 200 euros. Probably you can’t find less expensive turntables, or maybe a fisher price one for kids.
As said above, if it’s for casual listening, fun or nostalgia, why not.
But I hardly doubt it can match the level of the Superuniti sound.
If the later is the question, I would go for Rega P2 or P3, or entry level technics.
That settle it 
If you can do that it is a good idea. Hopefully, you will hear what you have been missing. A Rega Planar 3 is a really good TT for the money. There is a new version called a Planar P3 RS which is a little more but worth auditioning. It has some of the attributes of the P6 TT and many say it is very good indeed and quite the improvement over the std P3. It also has the ND5 with it rather than the ND3.
If you are in for the game, you could also buy an old Lenco or Thorens for peanuts and revise it or have it revised. That’s not everyone’s game though but I like it.
Reading between the lines, I’m picking up that you’re not impressed with my choice of TT
You asked in the thread opening question, I responded. Nothing more.
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