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The answer to that is somewhat fluid! But at the moment its B&W 601 s2's for the front, with a tannoy dual concentric thingy for the centre and mordaunt short cheapos from their premier range for the surrounds and sub (model 308?). I could also bring through from the other room my castle...

Thread ressurection from the dead alert... Maybe I'm a bit mad, but I just love the idea of having high-end-ish stuff of yesteryear for very little money, this year. So i thought the RXv4600 for £150 off ebay almost exactly 10 years on from its launch (£1000ish new?), seems like it will be a...

Thanks for that matthewpiano. I must say I'm certainly hearing more positive views from people here and from the scarce reviews, than negative, though some people report a sound which is too laid-back and not particularly 'fast' in the bass. Hard to know whether that would appeal to me or not. I...

I suppose what I would like to know (and I realise that this will be highly subjective) is, if I were to buy the Knight 5's, would this be amongst the best ways possible to spend £300 on a pair of non-pre-owned speakers? On ebay £300 can get you a great deal of 2nd hand speaker, many of which...

Yeah I saw them; hifi corner have been trying to shift these for quite some months now. I gather from reviews they're not Tannoy's finest moment and having heard a similar sized Tannoy model with (one of) my amps- a Pioneer A400, I wasn't that impressed at the rather thin and shrill sound. Might...

and yet, something is holding me back! (other than the unnecessary expendeture of £300 on more speakers..) The suspicious, untrusting part of me is saying that there must be a really good reason for such a significant discount and that I am going to just end up with another pair of speakers...

Like I say though, that doesn't bother me. The listing and the bloke in the shop say this refers to the cosmetics only; most of my hifi is 2nd hand now so I've long ago got used to seeing the odd scratch or blemish on equipment. The main thing is that this 'b' stock should sound identical to the...

Well I'll have to let you find that out yourself; there's only 4 left and if I do decide to buy, the free advertising I provide may well scupper my purchase

A certain Scottish Hi-fi dealer has bought up all the remaining stock of the (Chinese) Castle Knight range of speakers. They are now being offered for silly money (for example Knight 5's for £299 with an rrp of £999 with the caveat that they are new but may have cosmetic damage - doesn't bother...

Grado appear to do mainly open-backed designs and I prefer closed-back to keep the sounds to myself. Also I feel that they are maybe just a little too good, in terms of transparency, for portable use. Thirdly I couldn't find any dealers locally where I could listen to Grado's.. but in the spirit...

OK, they really were brand new; cables still wrapped and not a single finger print. Impressive for the money. After a few weeks living with both these headphones I don't feel so bad about not being able to choose between them over the space of a few shop visits; because I still can't choose...

I kinda, um, ended up buying both of the final 2 in my shortlist I went with the Sony MDR-1A from John Lewis because everytime I listened to them they just made me smile and I kept hearing things I couldn't hear on other 'phones. But I just couldn't get the B+W P5 series 2 out of my mind and...

That sounds about right dalethorn. I have actually been quite surprised at the consistancy of my results each time I darken the door of JL again with a wee listening session. The first couple of times I must admit that some hi-fi snobishness was apparent and I didn't listen to the Sony's or the...

Oh I will. Quite apart from the fact most of the models are the same price everywhere and that JL offer a 2 year warranty, it is the fair thing to do.

... to visit the John Lewis headphone demo area..? I have never been good at making hasty decisions, but JL do have the widest range of premium headphones available to listen to, in my city. I have therefore been in about 6 or 7 times over the past 2 weeks, trying to narrow down my short-list...