Recent content by Burt25

Hi Andy, I really like my Fyne’s as they sound really good with my setup- I haven’t much to compare with at the minute but want to see what more I can get from my system with a ‘better’ speaker. I’m leaning towards the Fyne 501e’s as I already really like their smaller siblings and they seem to...

I need a little advice on upgrading my current Fyne F302i’s. I have a budget of approx £1000. I was considering the Fyne F501-e or Wharfedale Evo 5.3s and got a demo in my local Richer Sounds but the listening room was very small and both sets of speakers were not exciting me very much (I think...

Appreciate that, unfortunately no dealers local to me stock them and not a huge amount of info online. Just stopped me in my tracks with the huge discount on them and also on the No. 3s

Does anyone have any experience of the Focal Vestia No 2 floorstanders? I was considering upgrading my Fyne F302i s to Fyne f501e when I saw how much these are reduced on Peter Tyson.

Vintage Technics CD player (SL-P770) can be had cheaper than the UK model

I’m thinking of buying a Japanese import cd player, but it will of course need a transformer to run on 240V. Would this have any impact on sound?

I’m looking to buy a second cd player potentially to use as a transport but ideally with a decent sounding DAC. I want to buy vintage 80s or 90s machine at £100-£150 and considering Marantz cd75 or cd67. I’m assuming the earlier machines are potentially better as transports given the machines...

I’m looking for recommendations for a used replacement to my 20 year old Yamaha 5.1 receiver which has finally given up the ghost. I only input my tv at present via optical in and use pre out to my Rega amplifier and REL sub, so effectively the receiver is only directly powering my rear and...

Thanks Bill, it’s not tinned as that is freshly stripped wire and so appears to be silver plated. The cable conductor measures as 12 gauge (4mm2) so by no means light. I believe it may be older Chord Odyssey install cable but would like someone else to verify.

Can anyone identify this speaker cable? It is a stiff cable and core appears to be silver? with 19 strands

That’s an interesting option, but at around £600 combined creates another rabbit hole to go down and would bring Bluesound Node X and Eversolo into consideration. TBH I’m pretty happy with how the Pro Plus sounds with my setup, it’s still within window of return with Amazon so I’m more inclined...

Does an external PSU make a noticeable difference to the unit?

With ultra due for release in next couple of months, I’m thinking may be worth the wait to get aluminium case, screen and probably better DAC? Why do you say no to MNX10? (I haven’t heard on yet but interested to hear comparisons from anyone who has and compared to the Pro plus)

Having lived a Wiim pro plus for 2 weeks now, I’m debating whether to keep it, look at the Cambridge mxn10 or wait for the Wiim Ultra? I have been really impressed by the Pro plus but now that I’ve scratched that itch I’m wondering if spending almost double on the CA will yield a big and...

Yes, if you are happy to tie yourself to a full year subscription to one provider and most cds these days can be picked up online for around £7