Recent content by obsidyen

If I were you, I'd keep the amp (those two amps won't be much better than PM6004, if at all) and buy some new, punchier speakers. I'm also looking to get news speakers and so far, I liked the ones below. My suggestions: 1- B&W 685 S2: new model, warm and exciting sound, deep bass 2- Monitor...

It's ok. I can say the negatives as well. H80 doesn't have a headphone jack. I don't care about it, but some people may. There's no preamp output either so you can't use it with a power amp. The sound is phenomenal though, and if I cared about those, I wouldn't have bought the amp despite the sound.

I guess he's talking about me. Yes, I'm a new member and I was thinking of buying either Arcam A19 or Creek Evo 50A. I listened to Hegel80 and it was far better than the Arcam (I didn't listen to Creek after I liked Hegel a lot) and I wanted to write my thoughts about a great amp. Major dealers...

Thanks for the advice, I'm going to do just that. Besides, they're many steps down the budger ladder compared to Hegel H80 so the amp can't do its best with them.

I bought them for 1600 Euros in my country (about 1350 pounds). The dealer made a 10% discount. It might be cheaper in the UK, if they have a distributor.

I think the law of diminishing returns works almost always in hi-fi. At the budget end, the more you spend, the better sound you get. A 1.500 pounds amp is probably lots better than a 750 pounds one. The same works for speakers, CDPs etc. That said, I think speakers is the component that can...

I auditioned the Arcam and the Marantz today. I liked them both, both are very good amps. But I think they were a bit laid back. I didn't quite feel that punch, that exciting sound. Speakers were KEF R300. Very good speakers also, possible candidates for an upgrade. Then I went to another hi-fi...

Thanks for all the replies. I'm going to audition the Arcam and Marantz this weekend. I can audition the Creek 7-10 days later because the dealer says all Creek amps are sold out and it'll be in stock again in 10 days time. I might buy new speakers than can match the new amp's quality. I'll let...

Maybe I should travel to Ankara for an audition.It'd take a day to go and get back but it might be worth it. What would be good speakers with the Creek? Creek says Epos is good with them but I kind of like the new B&W 685 S2. I wonder if they'd be an improvement on BX2s (I said I'm going to...

I'm setting up a hi-fi system for my bedroom. It's a small room, 12 squaremetres. I'm going to use it for music listening, gaming and films. I have a DAC (Teac UD-H01) and speakers (Monitor Audio BX2). I had a stereo receiver but it wasn't very good so I sold it. I want a midrange amp that can...