Recent content by timbo999

Hey! I’m pairing a middle of the range surround amp with some newly purchased Neat iota speakers with ribbons and want to run the cables in the wall, so they need to be quite skinny. How do I know which cables will sound good? Chord and QED are obvious choices, but which? I guess around £5 a...

Wow! Appreciate the feedback on the speakers you’ve heard. Ive always wanted a pair of Motive’s so the Iota does have appeal. I have thought about them but not gone much further with them for some reason? Maybe as I’d have to use 3 of them to get the centre channel? The Alpha’s are new to me...

Sob. The time has come to down size my front speakers. Currently classic mission floorstanders that I love. Looking to shrink down to something like the Monitor Apex A10’s for L/R and centre. Or, the Quad S-1’s and S-C. Size for the centre has to be quite compact and nothing bigger than small...

Thanks for all the replies! My system is an entry level amp with mission floorstanders at the front, 752’s, a 75C centre and mission bipoles up high on the wall that’s directly behind the sofa. Placing rear speakers in a small room is always going to be hard and I never wanted a rear to be...

The choice of rear speakers, in my opinion, is pretty poor. But why? Something small with a good wide spread of sound is all I really want. I have a pair of old missions that look okay but they don’t seem to produce much. Maybe satellites pointing down to the top of our heads might be better...

Hello all, I’ve built up my 5.1 over a few years and swapped it around a little. I'm happy, but I’ve had this underlying thought for a long while. Are my Mission floorstanders the same model/year as my centre? Now, I know my floorstanders are Mission 752. I know my centre speaker is a 75C...

Hi all. Ive currently managed to route a chord carnival cable nice around my current fire place. But, if I ever upgrad by amp and/or speakers, some bi-wire cable would be preferred. Now, I'm also thinking of changing my entire fire place from a gas fire place to a wood burning stove. So, the...

Cheers for the info all! I get what you mean now, my speakers could have more power and a better amp. But, it's certainly good enough for me, for now. My entire setup was put together on a budget. It's my perfect/ideal budget setup. It needed to be, due to a new house and new baby. as for he...

Cheers for this! I know what you mean now, my amp isnt worthy of a more expensive player, simples. I just thought the amp would benefit from the best player I could afford but it sounds like the Panasonic player is good enough till a few models higher than my amp. Tricky to know where the...

Can I bump this please? Left hanging like an eager newbie audiophile. :roll:

Hey all. I've recently got an Onkyo TX-NR509 and I was looking to upgrade from a DVD to Blu-ray player (to be used as my CD player, also). Focusing on the Panasonic 2011 winner or the Onkyo entry level model that's a touch more at £170 ish. Ive been told that my amp isn't worthy of anything...

I'm quite surprised that I'm being recommended to buy a new amp. I thought the 509 was exactly what I needed, it's just 2 months old. The same as the 609, but just 5.1, and I can only run 5.1 speakers. Im happy with the 509, too. I'm sure I will upgrade one day, but in a few years. Out of...

I have Mission 732 floors standers, a 75C centre speaker and some Mordaunt short big book shelf speakers for rears. As for decoding, well the 509 amp doesn't upscale, but the 609 does. So I guess the blu ray player will be doing all of the decoding? And upscaling? Or are these the same thing...

Cheers for the thoughts! The 509 is everything I need at the moment. I don't have any need for 7.1 and I'm not able to fit bigger cables in to bi-wire. So, I'm happy with the 509 for a good while. So, with my mind set on not upgrading my amp, I guess either the onkyo or cheaper Panasonic will...

Hi all. I have an Onkyo TX-NR509 receiver and I'm looking to upgrade from DVD to Blu-Ray. Plan is to use it to up scale my DVD's, Blu-rays of course, and be my main living room CD player. Now do I go Panasonic to match my freeview box and go with the what hifi 2011 winner Panasonic DMP-BDT210...