Bijou budget streaming and vinyl system

Short on space? Just starting out on your hi-fi journey? A music lover who wants to embrace vinyl but also likes a bit of convenience when it suits? This little system will see you right.

- 

Perfect for those of us with limited space to house equipment, this trio of products will provide brilliant sound for the £800 or so you will invest in them.

What Hi-Fi? Award winners all, two of these three will sit very discreetly in your room until you have need for them. The third product is a turntable, so a little less easy to hide away, perhaps; but then, a record player is also a piece of furniture, so that, too, may be no bad thing.

It's undoubtedly true that in the world of hi-fi in the second quarter of the 21st century, the modern music lover faces a potentially tricky choice: embrace the limitless world of streaming, or enjoy the tangible, ritualistic charm of vinyl. Of course we're going to say, “Why not both?”

And, for those looking to do just that without committing to a costly, complicated tower of separate components, we have assembled a three-part system that delivers genuine What Hi-Fi? performance at an eminently reasonable price.

Profoundly musical

Comprising the five-star WiiM Pro Plus music streamer, the multi-Award-winning Pro-Ject Primary E turntable, and the compact, versatile Ruark MR1 Mk3 powered speakers, which picked up their Best Buy at the first time of asking (taking over from the perennially winning Mk2 version), this is a brilliant system that works wonders as a team. It's a clean, compact, and profoundly musical setup that brings together the best of both the digital and analogue worlds.

Every modern system needs a streamer, and the WiiM Pro Plus is one of the most affordable and competent that we have seen.