Recent content by rbantges

Andy Clough:Yes indeed, we'll have an exclusive news story online first thing tomorrow morning. Are WHF going to the National Audio Show this weekend? Cyrus are going to be demo-ing their new Mono X's there apparently..

Prices appear to be £1700 per Mono X 200, and £2500 per Mono X 300. So a Fiat 500 for the pair of X 200, and a Ford Fiesta for a pair of X 300's. Seems Cyrus are entering the same stage as Bryston, so they'd better prove to hold their own or I'll be switching my brand loyalty. R

First photos of the new Cyrus Mono X replacements have been shown on the National Audio Show newsletter, and speculation seems to show there'll be a healthy level of interest: EDITED BY MODS - House Rules (Sorry, didn't realise I couldn't link to another forum - Rich). And more info just...

JohnDuncan:I can however, if you wish, set your forum settings to use the plain text editor, which removes the handy formatting and linking buttons, but will at least allow you to post from an iPad... Hi John, yes please, that would be great. I don't really use the formattting in my replies...

So has anyone been tempted to try for the $1M prize? EDITED BY MODS - please read the House Rules. Rich

Hi Andrew, Great, will look forward to it. There are lots of quirky things about the iPad that mean I'll still be using a PC. Are there any plans to make an digital version of What HiFi? I'd pay a monthly subscription to get a PDF version or something similar (saving trees etc.). Rich

Andrew Everard:Noted. And another vote from me, although I probably wouldn't cut of my nose to spite my face, I mean cancel my subscription, if it didn't happen in the next issue..

I enjoy reading the FORUM and the it's even more convenient to do so from my iPad. However, the message field in the FORUM has a problem with the iPad. I can write in the Subject field, but that's pretty pointless if I can't write in the message field. Has anyone else reported this problem? If...

Andrew Everard:I'll flag it up to the review team, but can't help but feel it would only really be of interest to a relatively small number of readers. I would like to disagree. Hifi, for me at least, is all about dreaming about what I might be able to afford one day. I'd love to see a...

Gusboll: Did you win that pre xpd for £400 - Yep, and I feel like the luckiest chap on the planet at the moment, as it's truly awesome.

jules153:Weakpoints....? Yer speakers Rich ! But electronics-wise it looks pretty fab jules. Erm, well you say the speakers but I've listening to Spendor A5 and A6, Dynaudio Focus 220 and X32 and some truly awful KEF speakers that I can't even remember the name of (although I suspect they...

Well, I've just had a rather expensive week winning more Cyrus equipment on eBay than I'd imagined. I'm now in the position of having all of the following: 2 Mono Xs, 1 X Power, 1 8XPd, 1 Pre XPd, 2 8VS2, 1 CD8SE, 1 CD6SE and a PSX-R, Chord Crimson and Cyrus interconnects (and my B&W CM7s, with...

Yeah, I'm coming round to the idea that the MONO-Xs are the only way forward to get the dynamic range I want and to keep my system "looking pretty". Unfortunately I have another half to please, and whilst audio quality isn't high on her list, things looking matched and pretty are. I'll be...

Thanks for your thoughts. So there weren't huge leaps in output by adding the X Power? I'm surprised that a PSX-R added to the CD transport made much of a difference, I think my ears would probably struggle to detect a difference. I've tried my CD8SE with a PSX-R and to be honest I can't tell...

Thanks for the comments. I'm happy to be patient in the search. I've looked a couple of websites that list second hand /ex-demo repro Cyrus (Moorgate Acoustics and Bartlett's Hifi), and of course keep an eye on eBay and Gumtree - has anyone else any suggestions of where best to look, or are...