Recent content by Witterings

Certainly the cost of new has gone through the roof and that's probably part of what's driven up 2nd hand prices. But also, as the economy is pretty pants and no consumer confidence, people don't want to spend, someone who may "splash out" for new in a more buoyant and stable environment may...

It was with an Arcam SA30 .... I don't want to knock them too harshly because apart from that they were absolutely brilliant but I play quite a lot of Genesis / mid 80's music which seem to have some quite "elevated" recordings and could be quite harsh. I also home trialed Monitor Audio Silver...

I'd like to try a couple of different amps such as the Lyngdorf tdai 2210 and 3400 and the Atoll IN 300 and 400 just to compare against my current Arcam SA30. I'd also like to try some Proac D48's, could probably get 2nd hand within budget although I'd maybe have to upgrade my Arcam to get the...

I had the Focal 926's for about 8 months, in terms of clarity / detail they punch way above their weight BUT I'm not a fan of metal tweeters as after long periods of listening "fatigue" tends to set in and they bring out the worst in bright / elevated recordings, I'd imagine the 906's would...

That's the route I took after trying the IN300 and have been very pleased and unless I win the lottery won't change. I went from WiiM Streamers to the newest initially Bluesound Nano with the Qutest and later to the newest version Node N132 as I wanted optical in as a convenience for other...

@The_Lecht_Rocks I was looking for something completely different in my drafts and stumbled across this which I wrote ages ago and thought it might be useful as it was my thoughts at the time .... I think someone DM'd me asking what I thought about the Atoll and it was the reply I sent. The...

I'm just so glad that someone who clearly has very little experience with HiFi has come along and having read "the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem" has managed to clarify any questions that any HiFi enthusiast with 20+ years experience may have been wondering for an awfully long time. 1st post...

I wonder if Hegel sponsor him as they seem to get a mention whenever he can.

All I'm hearing is excuses :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

Not sure where you live but I think it was Audiologica in Billingshurst was who I had my home trial with, really helpful guy, if ever I was buying one I'd definitely go back to him.

For sure and that's what attracted me to home trialling one but I also take into account a consensus of people's opinions and there are many more users who have the Aethos so it's much easier to get a gauge of general opinion. That's not a judgement on one vs the other by the way as I've not...

I've avoided using the term Audiophile for a long time because it comes with so much negativity and if a title is ever need would refer to myself as either an Audio OR a HiFi enthusiast. For whatever the reason, unfortunately the hobby seems to attract a high percentage of anoraks that'd I'd...

They certainly are good amps, the Aethos was one of the others I kept hearing positive things about, the only negative a lot of people voiced is the changes in volume moving the dial were too large and you'd often want something in between .... there was also something about the remote control...

Slightly different as I only stream as opposed to Turntable but maybe some of the changes I've made may translate to the OP's situation as well. i was getting extremely frustrated having gone down the "HiFi enthusiast route" and spent a not insignificant amount on a system that at low volumes...

In the end I changed my whole network over to a mesh system .... the last part of which was done literally yesterday when an engineer from my ISP came and removed my router modem to fit a bridge modem ... early days but it seems to have resolved it for now although a few times in the past I've...