The Pyle amp worked and the turntable sounds fine. My son likes classical music as well String Cheese Incident, Pink Floyd, and Tears For Fears to name a few. In fact, he's been to 7 SCI shows and Tears For Fears once so far. Plays in the youth symphony. Anyway, we listened to one of the classical albums he has and I was please with the sound. We'll see how it goes for him.