Recent content by gurkin1979

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    ATC SCM40 upgrade from KEF Ref 3.2 - advice / thoughts

    Hi gurkin1979 Thanks for your reply. My 3.2 speakers were in Rosetta Burr finish. I am sure you'll have a great time at ATC particularly when you get see at first hand the time and effort they put into building their massive and technologically advanced state of the art hand bulit drive...
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    ATC SCM40 upgrade from KEF Ref 3.2 - advice / thoughts

    Hi all, First up apologies for not repying soner to all your AMAZING feedback. I've obviously been away...moving into the new house! @Musicraft - The KEFs are resewood finish, purchased new when i got them. I've moved about 7 times in the last 4 years so i'm not going to lie, but sadly they've...
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    ATC SCM40 upgrade from KEF Ref 3.2 - advice / thoughts

    Happy new years to all, Time has come to upgrade (update) my beloved KEf reference 3.2s. I am wondering if anyone can shed any light on what to expect between these and the ATC SCM40s. I am obviously going to give them a listen before signing any cheques but am doing ground work before i spend...
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    Pre amp upgrade - Meridian 502 / 557 Power. 2nd hand / streamer / processor ??

    Suppose this could reallt fit under a number of threads, but without going into the history, time for an upgrade from my current Meridian 502 pre amp which seems to be the weakest part of my current set up (508 cd and Kef Reference 3.2s). I'm looking to upgrade and probably happy to go down the...
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    Music on Hard drive - best method to play it

    Thanks for this. I have a feeling a Naim ND5 XS sounds tempting although slightly worried about the DAC. Other "curve-ball" option i've just been told about is a Pioneer CDJ2000. I know it's not quite in line with the other peices here but i've been told they read hard drives / flash sticks...
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    Music on Hard drive - best method to play it

    If you were my neighbour, sounds like i would have left anyway.... NOTE from MODS to ALL PARTIES - Let's leave it there now and keep further posts on topic
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    Music on Hard drive - best method to play it

    Thanks very much for this. Very kind and helpful. Am i right in thinking you can control the mini mac with the ipad? All the music is on a portable hard drive so guess i could run it through the minimac but will this lose any quality? I was toying with the idea of using something like a Naim...
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    Music on Hard drive - best method to play it

    This is not an issue - i've previously been evicted for noise 'pollution' and have a PA system in case i need a little more.
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    Music on Hard drive - best method to play it

    Hi All, I have now stored all my cds, audio onto a hard drive and am looking for the best way of being able to play it without losing too much audio and avoiding having to have a computer set up next to the system. I have what i still think is a decent system which i've never had to upgrade...