Better Integrated Amp?

listen to soix and mesch

speakers first, then match amp

that is the best way


+1

I would suggest a Proac Studio series floorstander (i.e. 125 ...) with

Sugden/Audiolab/Naim/Exposure/Roksan integrated 

Mario

I have a Rega Brio which is 70w. I would go that route unless you are sure you will find very sensitive speakers. It gives you much more choice speaker wise.

Mine is for sale but it's in Sweden and not worth shipping. You can probably find many similar in the UK.

Horn speakers with a tube amp.

Okay I will try and find a speaker first and then circle back to an amp which matches it well. Speakers are hard to find out about atm as we are in lockdown I cannot go into any store to listen to them so I’m only going off reviews and peoples opinions on here.
Total budget wise I’m really wanting to keep it under 1,000 total, I was planning on splitting that equally between turntable, amp and speaker but maybe I should prioritise one over the others?
The debut carbon evo turntable is £450 which is a lot of the budget but I was considering the Rega Planar 1 as a cheaper alternative £250, (or the Rega Planar 1+ which has built in Phono preamp and then finding an expensive pair of active speakers but I’ve been told to stick to Passive if possible). Pretty much all of the amps recommended come in around the £350 mark which is about right if I’m splitting it equally.
So considering speakers then, if we’re splitting equal and looking at passive there’s £200 left if I go with the carbon evo, £400 with the RP1.
A few that seem popular and well reviewed are the Elac Debut B5.2, Dali Skeptor 2, KEF Q150, Fyne Audio F302 and Klipsch R-41M which are around budget range. If were to look for an active one for the RP1+ I’d probably go for an edifier. Again open to all advice and really appreciate your guys help, I am completely new to this so would be lost without you

Imo, with that limited of budget, I would consider an alternative. I would consider reallocating the funds toward primarily speakers and pre/amp or integrated. Source temporarily could be phone/laptop for digital, and if it is your pleasure, an inexpensive analog setup. 

There is no demand, rule of system building in which one has to balance the cost of elements of the system. If you plan on upgrading over time, buying everything budget ensures you will have to sooner upgrade everything, and possibly get arguably poorer sound in the meantime. 

Just remember this; the spectrum of sound quality is enormous, much greater than most audiophiles know. You can have many years of upgrading if that is the goal. There is no performance ceiling, not practically. The fact is that you can select any number of products and you will be at the starting line of what you could determine to be a marathon experience over a lifetime. No one here knows the outcome of the recommendations they are making. It's all guesswork. But, the system built will be beginner level; nice, thrilling for you! 

The only way to learn of sound quality and better over time is to keep building rigs (or plow time/money into the recordings/media, but that is tempered by a hard limit on the system's quality).