Recent content by Jezza

Thanks Al ears. I have gone for the trio monoblocs and will have them next week. You make a good point about the pre amp. I've aquired a Rel B2 Britannia Sub as well. I'm looking to use a laptop for main input but also leave option open for vinyl and therefore need a dac/preamp that with the...

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Recently bought mission 753s on ebay for large room with the intention to listen to a range of music at loud volume. I understand that monoblock amps often feature in high end systems. Have te opportunity to buy a pair of kenwood trio L-07 monoblock power amplifuers, serviced and with 1 year...

Cheers millenia one much appreciated. I put a (perhaps cheeky) offer of £275 in which was declined. Its amazing how much the equipment holds its value really. Perhaps a good quality power amp makes the most sense if a DAC which has USB input and decent quality Bluetooth is to be added. Its...

Was just reading some reviews of the zen products today actually. They seem like amazing bang for buck. Yep, I'm a fan of gumtree especially and also look on ebay. Do you think 100 Watts per channel would be plenty then?

Thanks nopiano. I'm just building the system now,.all I have is the speakers which were 75 pounds. Plan is connect a DAC to the amplifier and then play high quality audio files via a laptop. I've not bought the DAC yet though, waiting to get a suitable amplifier first.

Thanks for the advice nopiano! What would you recommend buying for listening to a variety of music, mostly moderate to loud and occasionally very loud and looking to fill the room?

The room is 8 metres x 7 metres

I've just bought a set of MB Quart 690 floorstanding speakers off gumtree. Made in Germany and I believe one owner from new. I've received conflicting advice on what power of amplifier I need to get. I appreciate that claimed power output can be dubious (e.g. Denon is misleading compared to...