Recent content by Garett

I have a pair of Q Acoustics 1010i in my living room as they are discreet and are just hooked up to a 10 year old Sony mini system. I have seen these on ebay and they are practically giving them away! They've been relisted several times with a lower price each time...

Thanks for all the replies and suggestions people, its a hot topic obviously! I'm leaning most towards running out of my PC to a DAC and realistically it will require a 10m cable, its probably closer to 8m but thats not a stanadard length. I work in the pro AV industry so getting signals long...

I want to know what people might recommend or suggest? I Currently have a HiFi system I am happy with but I want to get more out of my digital media. I am currently playing music from my desktop PC via a Creative external sound card, which is an upgrade over the internal one but still not great...

Thumbing through an old copy of WHF, the Rotel 931 MkII was an awards winner back in 1999 and praised for its punchy sound, however it was only £189 so is never going to be a world beater. As someone else has mentioned Rotel and Marantz traditionally always had quite different sonic signatures...

Thanks but I'm not quite ready to purchase yet, got a big holiday coming up over Xmas. In other news I have purchased a NAD C370 repair kit off a chap on ebay, I had tried repairing my friends before and although it improved it, it would still go into protect after a few minutes. I'm hopeful...

I do enjoy my Rotel and to be fair to it, it's a cracking little amp. I wonder how it would fair as a pre amp with something with a bit more balls behind it?

The NAD C370 is a great amp, my friend has one and we've shared many a session listening to it. It has not been very relaible though and his ownership has been fraught one, maybe unlucky but its something I'd rather live without. Especially as i'm buying on the used market. The Creek does look...

I would like to upgrade my amp in the near future to something than can really step up from my 2003 Rotel RA-02. I tried a Marantz PM6005 and it was a side step, maybe even a backwards step. To me the Rotel was more entertaining and energetic. The only plus it had over the Rotel was it had more...

What amps does everyone drive these with? My little Rotel suits them really well, I did have a Marantz PM6005 briefly but it just didn't offer any great improvement over the Rotel so I kept the Rotel and sold the Marantz.

I've had mine since October 2013. Then they were up for £300 but the Richersounds VIP email had a £50 off on any speakers at £300 or more offer. Unbelievable value at that price, I went with a budget of £200, auditioned loads and these really stood out but couldn't justify the extra £100, a week...

I'd give VDC Trading or Canford Audio a try, you can have them made to your own specs. Always go with Neutrik connectors they are the industry standard for professional use, more down to their durability than anything else.

The RA-02 was £350 in 2002 so would be roughly comparable price wise to the PM6005 these days. Both are a significant step up over a PM6010 OSE that would have been £250 in 1999. From personal experience they are not of comparable quality and the OP would hear an increase in reproduction over...

I would respectfully disagree with Trev and say the amplifier can make a huge differeece to sound quality. Although speakers and room placement are equally important. I used to have a Marantz PM6010 OSE and although it was an acceptable amp in its day there is definite room for improvment for a...

Dougal, kind of in the same vein I have been running my Zensor 3s for over 12 months with my Rotel RA-02 and Marantz CD6004 and I'm very happy with it. This is an old thread now but I was wondering if you did ever reach a conclusion as to which you preffered? On a whim I saw a Marantz PM6005...

Hi, welcome to the forum and the world of potential financial ruin in the quest for better! The CD6005 is a cracking player I have the 6004 which is older but not a whole lot different. What amp will you be using.