Recent content by calpark46

The replies seem to either show amazing maturity from young music lovers, eg Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, etc etc, or can now be viewed light heartedly with the passage of time. Not sure what my first LP says about me - The History of Rock n Roll by Gary Glitter?!? My taste in both music & people has...

I recently changed to Van Damme UP LC-OFC 4mm and have no regrets. Lots of copper and, although I also changed the position of my speakers in the room, my initial impression was that the sound was warmer.

Thanks for all the comments. Very helpful. Just to clarify my original post, I require probably 15m of cable IN TOTAL (7-8m on one side & 5-6m to the others speaker) so not extra long runs. Shouldn’t be any problem with good copper 2.5mm 4mm wire without spending silly money.

Thanks for the replies. Cno - the Linn K20 seems a good, safe call but, it all depends on fit. Nick8858 - lots of good feedback on Van Damme cables both here and elsewhere and definitely a contender. Nopiano - I was leaning towards the Audioquest and it gets great reviews but, at 9mm...

We are redecorating the room my system is in, and we may move the speakers to either side of the fireplace. I intend to run the cables under the skirting boards and in the expansion gap of a new wooden/laminate floor. I need a cable that will fit in the gap (probably 15mm square), but please...

My go to music is rock and blues but I have four George Michael albums and thought that he had a wonderfully versatile voice that could cross musical barriers. I wasn't a big fan of his up tempo disco pop offerings but he could deliver a beautiful ballad and his performance with Queen of...

I've always seen my upgrade path from Naim Unitilite/Kef LS50 as further up the Naim range (Superuniti/2 box combo) or a Linn Majik DSM, and I posted about it a year ago. I am, however, increasingly intrigued by Hegel H160 and note that you have to look very hard to find any remotely negative...

Rick i know the H160 has higher quoted power than the Rost, but what are the main differences, given that they are quite similar price-wise? Thanks

Cno An excellent response as always. I'm familiar with both Michael at Lyric and the Yellow Door coffee shop, having bought most of my gear there and will set up an appointment. In my heart I know that any upgrade will probably come down to a Naim vs Linn audition and I'm not hung up on the...

Thank you for your replies. Your thoughts are similar to mine, although all will become clear when I audition and if I don't see a significant improvement from the Unitilite I'll hold off until I do. Mark - an upgrade within Naim will certainly be on the radar, although further moves up that...

For the past three years my system has comprised a Naim Unitilite & Kef LS50s and it still gives me a lot of pleasure. I have become a streaming convert and almost all of my listening is streamed flac files from my NAS. Last Christmas I added a Rega RP6 turntable for the occasional nostalgic...

Well said Emperor's New Clothes. You've auditioned and you have a system you enjoy. Sound advice indeed. Keep on enjoying. All the best.

I know that hi-fi is purely subjective, that one man' meat is another man's poison, etc, but, as a Unitilite/LS50s owner, I can not imagine them sounding brittle with feeble bass under any normal domestic circumstances, unless in an abnormally large room. I fully accept that your set-up may, in...

I should show this thread to my wife. Then she'll know I'm not the only weirdo who buys a box of drinking straws, picks out all the blue ones (they were the most conservative colour), cuts them, bundles them with elastic bands and stuffs them in the back of my LS50s. I did just a few days ago...

ErwinC Interesting comparison of the Lite and the Uniti2. Hope you enjoy your new toy (saving £1,100 is a good start!!).