This reminds me to post a system I made for a friend, a young girl who wanted to be able to play records but didn't have any money. She bought a Crossley that was a total disaster (she was able to sell it fortunately).
So this is what I made. The outside pair is my own. The inside pair is made of ripped woofers from a Philips centre speaker with new berillium/copper/neodymium tweeters and just one high quality mkp cap.
The platform contains a 100W class-D amp with BT5 and aux, a cheap but just ok Douk opamp based phono-amp, and room to put the cover of the album you're playing. The volume knob is vintage. The turntable is a chuo denki OEM which is really bottom end but it will do. It needs a new cartridge some time soon. And a tighter belt. But hey, I bought it for €5.
Total price in materials was €100. Thats all she could afford. I made it for free. The bamboo is from scraps but really solid. Finished with Rubio monocoat wallnut. The speakers sound incredible with BT. On par with a pair of LS3/5a's. I know because I owned them. These are better.
The photo hardly does them justice. I was really pleased with the tolerances. No gaps at all. The flow of the joints look really as it it were from a solid block.
Only that dustcover was really ruined.
You can check the tolerance on the backside. How cool is that, your own speakers, custom made with your name on it? (yes, lasering turned out slightly crooked on this side, laserpecker is very basic).
And you can drive them well with a 3W tube amp. I tested it.