Ok - so I've £1200 to spend on speakers and amp.
Or at least that's what I think I need to get to overhaul my uncle's aging and starting to fail system.
Currently he has an A&R Cambridge Arcam Alpha amp, and a circa 20 year old Aiwa CD deck, with an additional CD duplicator.
He also has an old legacy record deck which is more or less redundant, and an old cassette deck. Primarily though he listens to vintage and modern rock.
So, one of his circa 40yr old Goodmans speakers blows, and he's at a loss what to do.
So - for this sort of budget ceiling what should we be looking to get?
His listening room is sort of standardish bedroom size - it's not massive, though I don't have exact dimensions - I will be getting these tonight.
Initially he was just wanting to replace the speakers, and stick with his current amp, but as it's really underpowered (35w per channel stereo), it probably won't do any new speakers justice.
My initial searches uncovered a few options of speakers that look reasonably priced and of high quality. I haven't demoed any of these - I'm going solely on online reviews and user feedback on forums. Given the age of his system, I wouldn't have thought any sonic signature he's used to is relevant to speccing this new system, as probably everything we look at is going to blow it out the water.
Anyway, speakers I've been interested in so far based on some current prices against RRP, and reviews, user comments.
Tannoy DC6T Revolution are currently circa £500
AE Aelite 3 - £500
Focal 726V - circa £700
Epos Epic 5 - £750
PMC DB1S Plus - £750
Mordaunt - Short Mezzo - £650
Is there anything else I should be considering?
What amps should I be looking at for this new system?
Should I seriously be considering a new CD player and maybe a DAC within this budget potentially to the detriment of what can be spent on the speakers and amp?
Any help would be incredibly appreciated.
My uncle loves his music, but doesn't keep up to date with kit hence why his system is generally quite old - but hey, if it ain't broke you don't need to fix it right?
His systems broke now though lol, and I'd like to be able to suggest a system that would blow his socks off - but though I do know a fair bit about audio stuff - HIFI is a bit of a blind spot, as I listen to all my music through my home studio set up and my Tannoy Ellipse 8s.
Or at least that's what I think I need to get to overhaul my uncle's aging and starting to fail system.
Currently he has an A&R Cambridge Arcam Alpha amp, and a circa 20 year old Aiwa CD deck, with an additional CD duplicator.
He also has an old legacy record deck which is more or less redundant, and an old cassette deck. Primarily though he listens to vintage and modern rock.
So, one of his circa 40yr old Goodmans speakers blows, and he's at a loss what to do.
So - for this sort of budget ceiling what should we be looking to get?
His listening room is sort of standardish bedroom size - it's not massive, though I don't have exact dimensions - I will be getting these tonight.
Initially he was just wanting to replace the speakers, and stick with his current amp, but as it's really underpowered (35w per channel stereo), it probably won't do any new speakers justice.
My initial searches uncovered a few options of speakers that look reasonably priced and of high quality. I haven't demoed any of these - I'm going solely on online reviews and user feedback on forums. Given the age of his system, I wouldn't have thought any sonic signature he's used to is relevant to speccing this new system, as probably everything we look at is going to blow it out the water.
Anyway, speakers I've been interested in so far based on some current prices against RRP, and reviews, user comments.
Tannoy DC6T Revolution are currently circa £500
AE Aelite 3 - £500
Focal 726V - circa £700
Epos Epic 5 - £750
PMC DB1S Plus - £750
Mordaunt - Short Mezzo - £650
Is there anything else I should be considering?
What amps should I be looking at for this new system?
Should I seriously be considering a new CD player and maybe a DAC within this budget potentially to the detriment of what can be spent on the speakers and amp?
Any help would be incredibly appreciated.
My uncle loves his music, but doesn't keep up to date with kit hence why his system is generally quite old - but hey, if it ain't broke you don't need to fix it right?
His systems broke now though lol, and I'd like to be able to suggest a system that would blow his socks off - but though I do know a fair bit about audio stuff - HIFI is a bit of a blind spot, as I listen to all my music through my home studio set up and my Tannoy Ellipse 8s.