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A question for those who follow the science : I'm interested in what role you believe it has in hi-fi? The reason I ask is that, taken at face-value, I find quotes like this to be rather strange Most of you don't appear to advicate ABX testing for all audio purchasing and rightly point out...

I can get the above for super cheap money (less than half the retail price) Thing is that I'm currently using Wharfedale Diamond 10.1s (with Yamaha AS500) Is this even a worthwhile consideration? Or will I end up needing to spend closer to the Vincent retail price on a new pair of speakers to...

New Godspeed You Black Emperor record Those who know Constellation releases will know exactly what I mean when I mention the smell of their vinyl records (think old bookstores or NME pages when the print used to smear all over your hands mmmm) The others can just think I'm slightly weird

a decent stand makes Since buying, I've slightly resented by Rega RP1 I love my vinyl but much to my frustration the little hrt music streamer had much more oompf with the yamaha s-500 amp and wharfedale speakers I've refused to accept the aberration and blamed the phono stage on the amp for...

All of their LPs are really well recorded. If anyone wants a sample of what the band can do, they should take a listen to "Jenny Again" Which has been known to make grown men ahem get something in their eye Last year they put out an LP of BBC live sessions which also sounds fantastic Even if...

Went on a vinyl binge including some Light In The Attic re-issues I'd recommend checking out this label Michael Chapman's "Fully Qualified Survivor" is a great album the job they've done is terrific Looks wonderful and sounds great - a lot of time and effort gone into this The kind of thing...

Hallo, I currently have a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 10.1s for audio and have the chance of a package deal involving Wharfedale DX-1HCP + an AV receiver (either Marantz NR1602 or Onkyo...

Thanks for the quick responses. I do understand the DAC argument but the reason I was looking at the CD option was more convenience. And when I say "convenience", I mean "the girlfriend is more inclined to have one extra bit of equipment lying around if it means she can use it very easily"...

There was a similar thread to this recently but it drifted off into high-end DACs, so excuse the repetition. I've recently dipped my toes into "budget" audio and have myself a nice little setup mainly based around vinyl (rega rp-1, yamaha a-s500 amp, wharfedale diamond 10.1 speakers). Well...

I say "more" as I presume there are 20 of these questions a week, so apologies in advance! I'm a music fan and buy a lot of vinyl (rock, folk, electronica, etc). Up until now my equipment has been beyond basic (old inherited hi-fi, cheaply wired up to my PC for easy recording and listening...