Spend teh money on better speakers, not more TT...maybe just a replacement stylus if it has a lot of hours on it, and if still available, if not a new cartridge for a few hundred....

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Being on a budget makes it hard too choose. Need the most bang for the buck.

I believe that speakers will give you the most bang for the buck.

Keep the 1200, but you do not mention the cart or what phono stage or what receiver or integrated amp you are using.

The recommendations you have gotten are good as speakers are usually always the weakest link. The amount of vinyl you play will determine whether to buy a new cart or not, but something better is always an improvement if your phono stage will let the improvement shine through.

With more info better recommendations can be made for upgrading your TT setup.

Tell us a little about your music collection. Do you have lots of vinyl that you want to play? Do you plan to buy more? What about CD's, DVD's? Are you looking to get into downloads as a music source?

This room you built, listening room or home theater? How big? How will you furnish it?

Everyone is "on a budget", but now is a real heyday for fine sounding "budget" gear, so that's not really a problem. What electronics will you be using?

You say you think your speakers, "...don't sound too bad.". Why not fire up the system with the equipment you have and see if it makes you happy? Because it's not as new as the room doesn't make it unsatisfactory. Were you unhappy with it before you stopped listening to it? If so, in what way?

I'm not unwilling to address the question that you put, but no one can give a decent answer without knowing a little more about what your situation is. Like the others who've ventured answers, my guess would be to look for better speakers first, but what kind of speakers? Setting aside the formats of your music collection, what is the content - rock, jazz, orchestral, what? Without some info regarding your musical preferences and the room size and furnishings guessing at a good budget speaker choice is pretty silly.

Gotta tell us more, and then maybe we can be of some help.

Hey, there are worse problems.

I'm a huge fan of classic rock too. I agree that Bass is very important for Rock Music, if your on a budget I would recommend Athena - Audition AS-F2.2 Tower Speakers. Audio Advisor has some really good deals on them. They are a two-way tower with dual 8" mid-bass drivers. I've never been a fan on a seperate subwoofer because they reproduce too much sub-sonic bass that is unrealistic for my taste. -Z

All things considered I'd say:

1- Replace the speakers
2- Don't fool around adding a sub to the ones you have
3- Keep the turntable and go for a new cart when the budget allows

As for particular replacement speakers, some of the guys who're more heavily into rock than I am will have ideas for you.

Good Luck,

The SL1200 may not be regarded an audiophile tt, but definitely it's not a mediocre machine. In fact, it's still being sought after by many. Suggest to keep but upgrade the cart. Will certainly brought about improvement.