Recent content by jl151080

The speakers arrived yesterday, so I'm now having fun running them in! *biggrin*

Thanks! I’m looking forward to their arrival. I I haven’t touched on it in this thread, but I also ordered the opticon 1’s as rear speakers and the vokal centre, so they should all sound great together! (I use an AV amp to run the rears and centre for surround while the 740a runs the fronts).

I have a Cambridge Audio 740a amp and 740c player. When I demoed the Dali’s in store they used a Cambridge Audio 851, though nothing sounded great because the room wasn’t good acoustically. When I had the home demo, the sales guy brought a Cambridge CX80 and a Roksan K3 amp. I didn’t like the...

You did indeed! Now i’m probably going to have the bug to buy a new amp!

Thanks. Will do!

I had a home demo of the Opticon 6s yesterday, and was blown away by the clarity, and the improvement over my current Mordaunt Shorts. My order has been placed!

Thanks for the info. I'm going to take a listen to the Opticon 8s tomorrow just to compare, but will focus on the 6 as I think the 8 would be too big for my room.

I first demoed the Dalis last week in a demo room with a Cambridge amp, and they sounded better than the Monitor Audio silver 300s to me. It'll be interesting to hear them again tomorrow. My lasting impression of the Kef R500s is they were slightly overbearing with bass, so it will be...

Thanks. I'll ask about the hours.

Thanks for the responses. I'm having a second listen to the Opticon 6's tomorrow at my local Richer sounds, and they have offered to bring them to my home for my demo, which I will do if they continue to impress me tomorrow. i have heard that the opticon 6 needs to be paired with the right...

I have a Cambridge Audio 740A amp and 740C CD player, currently with Mordaunt Short Avant 906i speakers. Having tried out the free Richer Sounds home consultation, where they suggest improvements, I'm looking to upgrade the speakers. I've demoed various speakers, including the Monitor Audio...

Thanks for the replies. I took the amp back to Richer Sounds yesterday. They wouldn't give me a full refund - knocked £60 off. Annoying, since the amp was never even connected up, but at least I got the majority back.

I currently have a Cambridge Audio 540 R V2 (pre HDMI/pre Blu Ray). The pre outs are connected to a Cambridge Audio 740A stereo amp which I use to power my front speakers (Mordaunt Short Avant 906i). The stereo amp is connected to a Cambridge Audio 740C CD player, so my stereo and 5.1 set up is...

Many thanks John.

I have a Cambridge Audio 751 BD player & 540 R V2 receiver (my front speakers are actually hooked up to a Cambridge Audio 740A stereo amp). Am I right in thinking that, as the 751 BD decodes audio on-board, it doesn't matter that the older 540R V2 can't decode Blu Ray HD audio? Many thanks,