Recent content by JohnD

Just discovered Hejira over last few weeks. Amazing album. First 3 tracks, must be up there with the best first 3 album tracks ever.

Audition is the only way. However, if you were asking me to spend your hard earned dosh you would end up with a Sugden ANV 50 and Musical Fidelity MX DAC

Might be per speaker?

Potentially you might be selling those speakers short with the Marantz. Once you have spent some time with the marantz / 5s it would be worth asking trying to demo the speakers with amps your dealer feels would be good matches. It might give you a feel of what you may or may not be missing and...

Sugden a21a amp Naim cd5 cd player Arcam ST60 streamer KLH Kendall speakers Chord shawline interconnect and speaker cables (just waiting on one more for CD player)

Thanks for the info. The built in phono stage is part of the attraction for me so good to know it sounds the business cheers John

Audiolab 6000cdt if we are factoring in bang for your buck

KLH Kendalls arriving, with a fair wind, within 2 weeks

I know, I know 😀 lockdown has rekindled my interest in hi fit but amplified * 10 to the point I am annoying myself lol. So, to refer back to the Ethernet cable query, I have just kept on wireless as I seem to have a really stable signal and can stream hi res through Arcam MusicLife app. Have...

There was no deliberate intention on my part to start any contentious threads. Really just curious what folks who bought them were actually buying. So I will buy them and despite what a1ears suggested I will most definitely not be sharing my thoughts 😀😀😀

hi, I have decided on buying some power cables for my Hi Fi. Appreciate pretty contentious and there is a big divide between schools of thoughts but figure unless I try myself, I am never going to know. So does anybody have any recommendations on leads under £100 ? Cheers John

I have the Sugden a21a and think a Sugden amp might get you to that mythical place you speak of but make sure those speakers you have ordered aren’t too heavy a load. Cheers John

hi, I understand these have quite different characteristics so perhaps you need to (if possible) audition them. I auditioned the X1 before ultimately deciding to go down the streaming route. It was only a short audition and it was very good but did it blow my socks off, no. Also, given the top...

It is well under your £1000 budget at £599 but the Audiolab 6000A amp has both phono and digital input.