Recent content by jesmat

Seconded. I'm a novice with a 'budget' system of Concept 20 speakers, Marantz CD6005, QED Signature Revelation speaker cable and Atlas Equator III connects. I've tried it with a Creek 50a, Marantz PM6005 and my 20 year old Denon 350SE. Despite the Creek being by far the most expensive of the...

Update: I have now tested the Creek Evolution 50A as a replacement for my old Denon 350SE. I had a good listen to it with a selection of my CDs: The Divine Comedy - A Secret History, The Staves - Dead & Born & Grown, The Revillos - Rev Up, Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow, Beautiful...

I had the same trouble with my 20 year old Denon DCD1015. It played old CDs fine but struggled to read new CD-Rs. I thought that maybe that modern CD-Rs use different dyes or that the latest manufacturing of these blank discs was incompatible with 20 year old players. Either that or the Denon's...

Thanks as always for everyone's replies - much appreciated. I think I'm getting there. I'm still awaiting a try out of the Creek amp. The only other thing I can think of to improve my system is the cabling. I'm happy with the quality of my system's interconnects but was wondering with it's...

I wish I'd taken heed of people complaining about the Denon TU-1800DAB tuner momentarily freezing every 20 minutes or so. Was there ever a cause / fix found for this fault?

Thanks for the comments. I must admit, the What HiFi review of the Arcam has spooked me a bit. Things like... There is a modicum of restraint to voices, however, which can rob a song of its emotional insight – the connection to Palmer’s lyrics falls a little flat, and this quality leaves us...

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Thanks for all the replies - much appreciated. After more or less deciding to go for the Rega, I've realised that it doesn't have a balance control. My hearing is slightly biased towards my right ear, so a balance control is useful for correcting this. I'm now edging towards the Arcam A19...

Thanks for the reply. Do you think the Rega Brio R is also a decent choice?

For the past 17 years I've been listening to: Denon PMA-350SE amp Denon DCD-1015 cd player Mordaunt-Short MS10i speakers The cd player has struggled to read some of my newer CDs and I also wanted to upgrade the speakers. So, based entirely on the What Hifi and other glowing reviews, I've...