I have been reading the forums for a while, and found lots of helpful advice, so i thought i'd take my turn to ask some questions.
Firstly, I have no hi-fi at the moment, i had a cambridge audio A5, with a sony CD player and Mission (fairly large) bookshelf speakers, all bought about 6/7 years ago. I say had, because this is all tucked away in my parents house in the UK. I now live in Switzerland, and would love a new system.
I only have a small place, 3 x 3.5-4m, and at the moment i'm having to listen to music through my laptop/mp3 player, mostly as mp3's (as high quality as i can get them). I have the parrot boombox which i bought as a solution to start with, but i'm getting tired of it now. Even with mp3/lossless quality i'm sure i would be better off with an amp/speakers solution, and can then go with CD's as i get them shipped over. I listen to mostly rock music, but a whole range really, hip-hop, drum and bass, jazz etc.
So far, I have looked into the B&W zeppelin thing, but i haven't been able to hear it, as well as NAD C325BEE which i have heard, or Marantz PM6002 + B&W 686 or 685, that i have found from the forum's would probably be suitable.
I'm just not sure which will be best for my room (speaker size/speaker+amp combo), as i can't test things here, and it's so different from the showrooms!
Any help will be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance
Firstly, I have no hi-fi at the moment, i had a cambridge audio A5, with a sony CD player and Mission (fairly large) bookshelf speakers, all bought about 6/7 years ago. I say had, because this is all tucked away in my parents house in the UK. I now live in Switzerland, and would love a new system.
I only have a small place, 3 x 3.5-4m, and at the moment i'm having to listen to music through my laptop/mp3 player, mostly as mp3's (as high quality as i can get them). I have the parrot boombox which i bought as a solution to start with, but i'm getting tired of it now. Even with mp3/lossless quality i'm sure i would be better off with an amp/speakers solution, and can then go with CD's as i get them shipped over. I listen to mostly rock music, but a whole range really, hip-hop, drum and bass, jazz etc.
So far, I have looked into the B&W zeppelin thing, but i haven't been able to hear it, as well as NAD C325BEE which i have heard, or Marantz PM6002 + B&W 686 or 685, that i have found from the forum's would probably be suitable.
I'm just not sure which will be best for my room (speaker size/speaker+amp combo), as i can't test things here, and it's so different from the showrooms!
Any help will be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance