Recent content by robbo400

Hi all, I am looking for a good quality DAB tuner (ideally hifi separates size) and something basic to experiment with internet radio to integrate into my traditional hifi systems. I already have 2 excellent FM tuners in my systems so don't need the FM functionality. With recent events, I've...

Captain: Your reply was very helpful; please don't apologise. Getting the equipment from UK to Switzerland is the easier part. Choosing the right equipment is the hard bit! I've looked at the SME website further to your comments (my only concern is that some reviews portray it as...

I called Icon Audio yesterday and spoke to David Shaw. Incredibly friendly and helpful and offered me a demo at their offices when I'm next back in the UK. In addition to the phono stage, I also spoke about the eventual upgrade of my amp. He actually advised me to buy a cheaper version than the...

Thanks Steve. By the way, are you please with your Icon Audio amp and phono stage?

Hi, I will be splitting my time 50:50 overseas for work over the next 2 years. I have a company-provided flat and have brought what is now my second system from the UK with me, to which I want to add a turntable. The system is currently a 1990s budget system (Cambridge Audio A1 amp, CD5 and...

IME. If you get the right combination of Amp/Speakers (with a decent Source), then tone controls aren't anything like as necessary. To get a good taste of what you heard with the McIntosh, as well as Luxman and Accuphase, look at brands like Sugden, Pathos, Electrcompaniet, Icon Audio and...

I am certainly no expert or audiophile - I just enjoy my music (to my ears). But I am surprised at the negativity surrounding features like loudness buttons and tone controls. Surely, room acoustics, quality of recording etc would mean that you can improve sound quality in a given environment...

I'm a real luddite when it comes to technology but was looking for a network streamer to listen to internet radio, cds stored on my iTunes account and (form other people's recommendations) Spotify. I'll be spending the next 3 years abroad but will only move my secondary system (CA amp, cdp and...

Paxo, I have 20yo Wharfdale 7.1 diamonds. I thought (and was certainly told by dealers - surprise lol) that I'd be blown away by newer speakers. i just didn't find that to be the case for stuff up to about £400 and for my system, room and music choice (all of which may of course mean that my...

"Find the biggest, best integrated you can find that has tone controls and A/B speaker switching." Guess that would either by McIntosh, Luxman or Accuphase? Agree with your set-up suggestion...exactly what I had in mind. Re Sonos, I am sure you are right, that direction is just not for me...

you hit the nail on the head...because of bulkiness I want everything run off of one amp and am happy to live with a slight dip in sound quality for the other 2 rooms. It's not as though i live in a mansion so when I turn on the amp knowing i'll be listening in another room, i'll adjust the...

was intending to ideally get an amp with multiple speaker outlets or a spwaker witch box. Ideally the first, as any negative impact on sound would only affect the other 2 rooms which is less important to me. My current Sansui 8080 has 3 speaker outputs so that would be my dream but I don't...

Sorry all, I didn't mean to start an argument about tone controls. My system will need to feed 3 rooms and I have underfloor cables in conduits going to the other 2. My main listening room and the second room have fairly similar characteristics, but the 3rd room is a kitchen which has very...

Lindsayt: Some of the music I didn't know but other stuff we played was stuff I knew inside out. Jazz , ska and soul were brilliant (I recommend everyone have a listen to an Argentinian band called Dancing Mood if you like ska/soul which was out of this world on the Mac) but I insisted on...

Thanks all for your replies. I don't think I've heard any of the makes you guys mention. So I'll be doing a lot of researching and demos on those plus Astin Trew about whom I received a PM. I've already learned not to trust reviews - I don't mean that as any criticism that they are dishonest -...