hello,

I originally thought that it would be easy to get a turntable, hook it up to my existing system at home and just listen to records. What I found was, nope. The more I look the more complex it gets.

I'll start by saying I know little. I am wanting to build a great set up. I like the vintage stuff because it just looks awesome. So, I am buying a 1962 model HH Scott 355 pre amp which works but needs minor restoration. with matching HH Scott model 208 power amp which is fully restored with new matched 7591 power tube.
All the above for $500.

My question is: there is a guy in town and he has the following speakers and other pieces for sale, which to get or none? What is good? What to stay away from? I was thinking about the Lenco L70 turntable because I have had my eyes on a Lenco L75 for some time but this just came about and is only $100. And a good set of speakers. Any advice on other pieces here that my system would benefit from would be great as I start down this road of making a great sounding system.

There is also a guy in town with some Celestion SL600 with stands for $600.

Here is what this other guy is selling: Any advice is MUCH appreciated.
My budget is pretty good, I'd say about $2000 at the moment. (minus the $500 for the HH Scott stuff above.)
speakers:
Snell Aiii - $800
AR-2ax - $100
AR-4x - $100
Dahlquist DQ-10 - $350
Rega Camber 2.5 w/ stands - $100
Pioneer CS99a - $300
Paradigm Atoms version 1 - $100
Ohm Walsh 3 - $350
Pioneer HPM-40 - $30
Epicure 10 (cabinets rough, rebuilt XO, new foam) - $100
Bose 201 - $25
Fostex FE127e drivers - $50. Can include Fonken cabinets that are rough to look at but solidly built and perfectly functional for $20 extra.
Fostex FE126e drivers, gently broken in but never installed in cabinets - $65
Fostex FE103e drivers, eNABLed - $35

amps and preamps:
Allied 333 (rebadged Pioneer SX-34) - this is super nice, point to point wiring and sounds great
comes without power tubes ($100) or with tubes as shown below. Cool magic eye tube works great. I own the integrated version of this receiver also (not for sale) and it just has a great sound. Warm, musical, and forgiving.
Sansui 8080 - serviced and aligned - $150
Sansui TU-717 - $125
Yamaha A1 - $150
Nakamichi PA-7 - $600
Nakamichi CA-7A - $350 (missing one or two button covers but works fine)
Realistic STA225 - $40
Bogen B60 (Lenco L70) idler driver Turntable - $100
Knight KA-95, EL-34 integrated amplifier, needs work, no tubes - $125, with tubes negotiable
Old Fisher Solid State Receiver - $15
Pioneer sx-202 - $30
HK TA260 Festival II - needs power caps and one resistor - $175
yamaha c-4 (mismatched knobs) - $50
knight tape/mic pre (can also be used as a pre for cd, ipod, etc.) - neat piece, dual meters but no top for chassis - $150
Ashly FET-500 - $200

200W Dukane distribution amplifiers - I have three that work and one that doesn’t (probably due to bad PS cap) - $60/each

Subs:
Velodyne ULD-18 series I sub with ULD-15 series control amp - $500
Velodyne ULD-15 control amp - doesn’t work very well with the above sub, maybe doesn’t work very well at all?? don’t know for sure - $40 - worth it for the chassis and power tranny
Inifinity SSW-210 - cabinet looks bad on one side but works well - $300

DACs:
Zhaolu 2.5C DAC with discrete headphone amp upgrade and upgraded opamps - $200
Musiland Monitor02 DAC - $120

Tubes -- all test strong:
EL84 Sylvania blackplate octet - $125
Matsushita 6BM8 quartet - $30
EH 6BM8 quartet, low hours - $40
Cifte (France) 6BM8 quartet - $60