Recent content by jetblack9090

I guess it depends, personally the musical Fidelity being a more neutral sounding amplifier in my experience, should pair quite well with the bluesound. On the other hand the Cambridge audio has an equally neutral sound with a slight tinge of warmth, but nowhere near as warm as the bluesound...

I think most hi-fi enthusiast have a point with the hobby where they become disinterested. A point where they no longer look forward to coming home at the end of the day and turning on their system and listening to music. I know I have experienced this personally, on numerous occasions. I found...

So yeah the little speaker switch box will be fine and probably work the best with keeping the amplifier separated from the speakers, however and it's not necessarily everybody's favorite option, but you could simply run both amps together on the speakers. For example run the Sonos amp to the...

Ooh that's a good question, I guess if I had an unlimited budget and I could purchase whatever hi-fi system I wanted I would get a set of devore fidelity O/96 orangutan speakers, I'd have it powered by McIntosh MC 275 power amplifier paired with a McIntosh c22 preamp and everything hooked up...

Well it's less a tip and more just a general philosophy but don't worry about the haters and the people that tell you your system or choice of music or speakers or whatever aren't "audiophile" enough. Just enjoy your music for what it is and your gear for what it is and spend less time focusing...

I don't know I guess it kind of depends, I have two systems in my home. Firstly I have a modern system consisting of a mixture of audio research components and emotiva, secondly I have a vintage system in a bedroom. The vintage system consists of a mixture of Yamaha, Marantz, Fisher, Akai and...

As an American i can only recommend the kimber carbon 18xl speaker cable, its $3000 a meter but will truly elevate your budget system to new levels.

Now this is coming from an American bent but I would have to say that the product I've owned that I really wish I hadn't sold and that I miss the most is the Yamaha CR 1020 stereo receiver. The thing came out in probably 77 or 78 and I picked one up about 8 years ago. It had been partially...

Fantastic suggestions all, and I never said I was against second hand, not outright at least. Sounds like the OP is new to hi-fi and I remember when I started out about 10 years ago I went through this trap of buying second hand and buying used, and I learned pretty quickly that the majority of...

Actually some of that vintage Aiwa sounds pretty good as I recall, but personally I would advise against second hand purchases, only do to the fact that you don't know what's wrong with it or if there is anything wrong with it at all. Buy something new, buy something with a warranty and...

Yeah you guys in the UK truly have the lions share of privilege when it comes to high-fi products, not even in price but also what I perceive to be build quality. Take for example Rega, I purchased a p6 from a local Hi-Fi shop, well sort of local about an hour away. The first one had an issue...

Well as I stated I think it comes down to them prematurely releasing it without addressing the obvious problem. My assumption is they want it to get the new Radia series on the market as quickly as possible, presumably in time for the holiday season when people are going to be purchasing...

Again Arcam is not the only one guilty of this offense. All you have to do is go look up Yamaha CD players or cayin CD players, both both of whom have released CD players to the market that do not feature gapless playback.,And in the case of cayin specifically will never be updated to feature...

Yeah no problem, I'm glad to help the forum and keep information up to date. You know it seems like I read somewhere that the chips that are used for CD playback and I'm not talking about the DAC, come from one of two vendors. Those vendors do not make these chips solely for CD players, they...