Recent content by cannibal_ox77

True, it was unlucky to knock it over, but given that it did so with barely a scratch it feels twice as lucky, so I think I'm in credit!

There are always nervous moments having speakers in a living room, especially when you are OCD about cosmetic condition and have young kids running around! Sure we've all known someone with kids whose tweeters have been pressed in cause they "look like a button". (Thankyou Kef for the tangerine...

PM8005 is full bodied with a spacious airy soundstage, a little on the warm side of neutral. Lots of competition around it's original price of around a grand but going to be hard to beat at £539. What music do you listen to? In my opinion I'd say the PM8005 is best suited for acoustic, jazz...

Just had a heart stopping moment whilst fiddling with cables at the back of the rack; I managed to push an LS50 off it's stand with my back as I stood up and it landed right on its face onto a hardwood floor. It was almost like it happened in slow motion but still no chance to grab it before it...

Thanks for your replies, mine is indeed set up like the one in the photo linked so I can stop worrying about that. There are some washers in the space, they do appear to be soft for decoupling. Out of the box my arm looked like it wasn't level with the plinth which is what drew my attention to...

Question for P3 owners, does your RB330 arm mount flush to the plinth, or is there daylight between the base of the tonarm mount and the aluminium bracing on the the plinth? When I got the P3 and looked closely it looked like the arm base was slightly at an angle to the plinth, so I levelled it...

Can't comment on the Cambridge but Audiolab should work well with your Arcam. I moved from an older Marantz CD player to Audiolab 8200CDQ and I found it added a lot more weight to the music with a more detailed and extended bass in particular. There might still be end of line 8200 series CD or...

Autechre's first 3 LPs (Incunabula, Amber, Tri Repetae) reissued on vinyl arrived yesterday. Awesome, been waiting for these on vinyl for ages, especially Tri Repetae. They might sound a bit dated or even a little cheesy in context against Ae's later stuff, but much more accessible and still...

Saw a couple of Prince albums today second hand, but I live in Madrid. They'll be on Discogs. I Don't think charity shops exist here but there's a load of good record shops most of which only sell used vinyl, upwards from around €6/£4 typically for something in excellent condition (disc at...

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What I took from the many reviews and user opinion of LS50's is they either need a lot of watts or lower powered amps with very good power supplies to get the best out of them. Not that people aren't getting good results with lower powered amps such as NAD D3020 or Arcam A19 as examples, but in...

I've tried using the CDQ as a standalone cd/dac into the integrated, but in my setup it I much prefer using its pre-amp into the power amp input on the pearl lite. I'm very impressed with the pre-amp on the CDQ. I wouldn't have thought a £1k cd/dac/preamp would better the preamp in a similarly...

Esra, did you use 8200MBs with the CDQ and LS50's? I have my LS50's in a fairly big room (8 x 4.5m) and often listen at fairly loud levels which is why I'm after a more powerful amp. I'd add a sub or two instead if I wasn't living in an appartment.

thanks, I'd take up the offer but I'm living in Madrid. Also makes it impossible to audition the abrahamsen as I can't find a dealer that stocks them. Seems fantastic value though and I imagine the LS50's would benefit hugely from the power. Looks aside I've only seen good feedback and at the...

I'm considering the Abrahamsen V40 to go with my Audiolab CDQ and LS50's, as well as 8200MBs and many other options. If I went down the Abrahamsen route there's a good chance I'd add the V30 preamp later (bit put off by those brass knobs though!). Currently using the preamp on the CDQ into the...