Recent content by TonyS

I have an old mission turntable, it's around 30 years old but still running. Put in a cheap MM cartridge, before I bought my new kit, so that I could run it through my home cinema amp. Sounded dreadful I must say. So now I have Cambridge CXA 80 amp, the Cambirdhe phono amp and KEF LS50 speakers...

I've been having some fun- listened to KEF R300 and some similar priced Cabasse boxes (looked rather good in white) but with a €2000+ Arcam Amp and both sounded fantastic! (Try to listening to the Fairfield Four 'These Bones' on a decent system- awesome). Then a few days KefLS50 and Kef R500...

So- I got myself a Canbridge CXA 80 amp. Will build slowly to a complete system- next step phono Amp (Cambridge's own amps oK?} and then CD player and streamer and finally speakers- looking for a new house so will wait on the room size before changing my old speakers). Any suggestions? The...

Thanks to all. Demo's are the way forward- problem is I live in Germany, out in the sticks, and it's not so straight forward to get to a HI-Fi shop- hence relying on reviews a little bit. Also buying the amp first ( will use my 30 year old B&W stand mounts to begin with. Then I can audition...

Thanks- wil take a look around when I ce to buy speakers. Any thoughts on the Cambridge amp? Does the extra power from the 80 justify the cost over the 60?

I have 30 year old kit and finally my Mission Cyrus Amp has given up the ghost. Thinking of the Cambridge CX A 60 amp and Tannoy Revolution XT 6F or Q-Accoustics Concept 40 - but not keen on how the Concept 40's look. Room is 4m x 4m approx. Plan to buy the amp first and then audition speakers...