Recent content by alastairpearce

Great advice, thanks! Unfortunately i threw the plinths away when i bought the speakers, as I preferred the sound without at the time! Regretting that decision now! Forgot to mention, I have the 683 S2s, so mercifully the tweeters have the metal grille over them.

Hi, Ive got a psir of B&W 683 floorstanding speakers, and we're about to have our first baby, a little boy. Obviously its a year or more until he'll be able to toddle about, but I'm already thinking about how to make my setup as child friendly as possible. The speakers are stable enough as...

Hi, Thinking of buying a new turntable - loving the look of the Clearaudio Concept Wood with Concept MC cartridge package. Currently, I've got a Project Genie Mk 3 with Ortofon 2M Red, into a Project Tube Box DS, with a Roksan Kandy K2 amp. I preferred to use the external Project phono stage...

I had the same problem on my Marantz NA6005 network player yesterday afternoon. Was listening to the FA Trophy Final stream on BBC Radio Wales live over internet radio (I'm a Wrexham fan!) and all of a sudden the feed disappeared. Tried tuning into other BBC live internet radio streams, but...

I had the same problem on my Marantz NA6005 network player yesterday afternoon. Was listening to the FA Trophy Final stream on BBC Radio Wales live over internet radio (I'm a Wrexham fan!) and all of a sudden the feed disappeared. Tried tuning into other BBC live internet radio streams, but...

Hi, Further to my original post, I was undecided on the NA6005 for a long time at the original price of £499 due to the lack of reviews of this new product. But as soon as Sevenoaks and other retailers reduced the price to £399 I couldn't hold out any more and bought it. I've had the player...

The Na8005 at £650 is very tempting, but slightly over my budget still. £450 is about the limit. I don't tend to have a lot of stored digital files, so don't really require the network player to play any stored high-res digital files. I would only be using it to stream Spotify Premium content...

Did try posting this in the Network Player forum, but didn't get any responses so thought I'd give the general forum a shot. I've noticed that Marantz have released a new network audio player, the NA6005, which seems packed with features and affordable at £499. My question is, what is the...

Hello All, I've noticed that Marantz have released a new network audio player, the NA6005, which seems packed with features and affordable at £499. My question is, what is the benefit of such a network audio player? At present, I stream Spotify content from my android phone and laptop to my...

Hello, I have a Roksan Kandy K2 Integrated & K2 Power Amp Combination, into B&W 683 S2 speakers. I have been really pleased with the performance of the system thus far, but since I have started delving into the fine tuning of speaker positioning I have noticed a definite channel imbalance - the...

Well just as a follow up, I have purchased 4 of the granite worktop savers and experimented with them. Additionally, I have also combined this with some plugs in the rear bass ports. Overall, this combination has definitely tightened up the sound and reduced the boominess of the bass. I'm more...

Oh, and as you rightly say, I'm also thinking of doing it because they look good.

In answer to your question, I guess I am thinking of using granite to isolate the speakers from the solid wood suspended floor. I live in a victorian terrace, so the floor has a bit of movement in it. When playing something quite base heavy, Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter which I think has quite...

This question has probably been asked 100's of times, so sorry in advance. I'm looking into the Argos granite plinths to place my floorstanding speakers onto. At present, I have a hardwood suspended wooden floor, with the speakers sitting on spikes directly onto the wooden floor. The bass in...

Hi everyone, I need some advice on bi-amping please. I have a Cambridge Audio Azur 550 integrated amplifier, with Tannoy Mercury v4 speakers. I'm more than happy with the performance of the system at present, but always looking at ways of improving the sound. I live in a terraced house, so...