Hello, 

I'm new here, and know very little about audio systems.  What I do know is I enjoy listening to my records.  I have a Marantz 6110 turntable that sat in my parents basement for 20 years til I dusted it off.  Currently I have it hooked up to a Pro-ject preamp and an old set of cheap Kenwood bookshelf speakers and an old Pioneer DSX-D411 receiver that I picked up at a garage sale.  I know, pretty rough.  A friend an I worked with it all for a couple days, and it now sounds as good as we can make it, which is not great.  

I've lived with it for awhile, but it's time to upgrade things.  I'm on a VERY tight budget here, of $600.  I know that people here normally are discussing much, much higher end stuff, but that's all I have to spend.

Here's the thing:  I don't really know what I'm doing, and don't want to buy something that's not that great.

So, what would folks here recommend I spend my $600 on?  New speakers and new receiver, or better speakers and keep the receiver I have?  

Here's what I found on Newegg:

Polk Monitor Series 75T $199/speaker x 2 = $400

Yamaha RX-V375 5.1 Channel 3D AV Receiver $197

That would use up my budget.

I thought this would also be ok for watching movies.

What do people think of this?

How should I spend my budget differently?

Thanks for the help.