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    Question Stick with Denon M30 or buy a CD player

    Thanks for the advice. I'll have a ponder, balancing the desire for a new toy with the knowledge that it will probably make little, if any, difference :) I also like VU meters, so maybe get one of those instead :) This
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    Question Stick with Denon M30 or buy a CD player

    I had thought about DVD/Blue-ray player plus DAC - but they don't have the display panel showing disc information - I really like that feature
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    Question Stick with Denon M30 or buy a CD player

    Afternoon all, I have a small system with a NAD 316BEE amp (no digital input) and a pair of MA Bronze speakers. The CD-player is a Denon MD30 mini-system using the RCA output into the amp. (25+ years old I think) Denon UD-M30 Review (kenrockwell.com) I am pondering buying a stand-alone...
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    speakers and amp to match Rega rp1

    Hi Newman, You don't say what the "problem" is so I would think it might be difficult to say what might be better - I have a very limited knowledge and would hestitate to recommend anything. I have a very old Rega Planar 3 which, through a NAD 316bee (using a Rega fono mini) and Monitor Audio...
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    Very simple connection : Virgin Tivo to Denon MD30

    Thank you so much, I will have a think and a read this evening. Andrew
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    Very simple connection : Virgin Tivo to Denon MD30

    Norman, many thanks; I had a feeling it wouldn't be quite that easy. This is only to test to see if the rest of the family like the idea so I am loathed to spend any money if at all avoidable in the first instance. Is it possible/sensible then to see if I can take the sound from the TV somehow...
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    Very simple connection : Virgin Tivo to Denon MD30

    Hi, I have a Virgin Tivo box connected via HDMI to my Samsung TV. I have a spare Denon MD30 mini hifi box and was wondering if I could use this to add some speakers to the TV. I was thinking Tivo -- toslink/spdif -- Denon and then turning off the sound on the TV and lisening to the sound via...
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    REGA Planar 3 - cartridge ?

    Well, I have been listening to the Nagaoka MP110 cartridge over the weekend and I am impressed. Not by the the actual sound, since I really cannot remember what it was like with the Carbon so a direct comparison is difficult, but rather the simple pleasure in listening. It seems warmer, fuller...
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    REGA Planar 3 - cartridge ?

    Well, I bit the bullet and got the Nag 110 cartridge this afternoon. The dealer ( PA Audio of Merseyside) gave me a full refund {£26} for the Rega Carbon and fitted the 110 for me. My first impressions are good. I find it very hard to compare things directly, my aural memory is very poor and I...
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    REGA Planar 3 - cartridge ?

    Thanks. That is what I was guessing you meant. I will go down this afternoon to the shop and have a chat with them about possible cartridges, they have already agreed in principle to "buy back" the Rega Carbon if I wish.
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    REGA Planar 3 - cartridge ?

    what is "middle of the road rubbish" ?
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    REGA Planar 3 - cartridge ?

    Currently I have a Rega Carbon which sounds OK, but sounded better with the old and rather dreadful speakers - I am assuming that it is just being exposed with the new ones. I do have a local dealer, P A Audio, who deal with Rega, and they are very helpful and patient with me :) and will part...
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    REGA Planar 3 - cartridge ?

    The arm is straight and black - it certainly looks like an RB300 from googling images. My brother originally bought it in about 1984 I think, along with a Creek 4040 amplifier and Kef Coda speakers - both of which died many years ago. He gave it to me about a year ago when I was thinking of...
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    REGA Planar 3 - cartridge ?

    The speakers sound superb at home. My room is a similar shape and size to the demo room and all the extra dynamics and detail show up well. I'm not 100% sure which arm I have, the RB300 I believe - the TT was a gift from my brother who bought it many, many years ago.
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    REGA Planar 3 - cartridge ?

    Hi all, I have a REGA Planar 3, and recently replaced the ancient and worn cartridge with a REGA Carbon. It sounded fine to my ears, but then I went and bought a pair of MA Bronze 2 speakers to replace the prehistoric Dentons I was using (The difference in the sound quality between the Dentons...