Hi all,

I am new to this site and this if my first posting. I have a question for all of you. My brother upgraded his audio equipment some time ago. Thankfully, he never gets rid of his stuff. Well, his wife made him clean out his storage room and he gave me the following equipment:

  • Energy speakers (I forget the model, but they were called the "million dollar speakers"
  • Pioneer Elite SP-99D
  • Parasound SP/P 1500


All three items work perfectly. I am pretty sure the Pioneer and Parasound are redundant and that I would only need to use one of those in a setup. I have a Technics turntable and Philips CD player that I would like to set up to this equipment.

What do I need to complete the setup? Do I need to get an Amp to power the speakers? I have seen several parasound two channel amps on ebay for pretty good prices. Should I get one of those?

When i tried to use the turntable with my home theater setup (Yamaha HTR-5280, Mitsubishi surround and subwoofer, etc.) there was hardly any sound coming from the speakers. Do I need to get something to boost that signal?

As you can tell, I am new to this. Any help would be appreciated as I would like to get this set up to listen to my music.

Thanks,

George