Hello. First, I searched around under Hi Fi looking for posts with the components and speakers I am interested in and didn't see anything quite on the topic I had hoped for. My apologies if I missed the obvious.
I am a young musician looking to get into Hi Fi. I'm trying to form a cost effective budget that will still wow me and be wonderful to live with. There is not an abundance of Hi Fi stores in my area and would require quite a bit of driving so I hoped to gather opinion to aid in my search.
I am going to be using my setup for vinyl and iTunes. Mostly vinyl once my collection gets going but I'm sure I'd like to be able to plug into my music library as well. No home theatre just music.
I listen to early soul music, old spiritual gospel and blues, a little folk, some harlem and new orleans jazz.
Although I have no knowledge of the matter, from what I gather from internet browsing is that I would need to spend at least 2,400 USD or around 1,600 pounds to get into the entry level of hi fi stereo that has the type of sound I'm after.
I'd like a warm, lush, powerful, and natural sound. It seems like I'd enjoy a nice soundstage but I think I'd prefer floorstanding over bookshelf.
--- I was considering a Rega RP1, Rega Brio-R, and B&W 684. Although I've seen reviews in favor of the Rega RS3 and also some Tannoy and Monitor Audio. ---
It was my hope that I might get suggestions to my setup or pros and cons to different speakers. If they are all the same quality level then I wonder what the character differences are between the companies. Will the brio-r be sufficient to drive the speakers at a low to medium listening level? Other things necessary besides cables and power conditioner? Performance pack necessary on the RP1? I would rather spend more money and be completely content with a marvelous system than to be on mark and not feel that I've achieved the sound I'm after. The point of the whole thing for me is to create an extravegant, expansive sound that I can escape into and expand, strengthen, and nourish my musical mind. I wish I could afford a good vacuum tube amp, but that doesn't seem to be the case - later in life perhaps, I've got plenty of time.
Thank you very much in advance to anyone who takes the time in their day to read my post and give me honest feedback.
I am a young musician looking to get into Hi Fi. I'm trying to form a cost effective budget that will still wow me and be wonderful to live with. There is not an abundance of Hi Fi stores in my area and would require quite a bit of driving so I hoped to gather opinion to aid in my search.
I am going to be using my setup for vinyl and iTunes. Mostly vinyl once my collection gets going but I'm sure I'd like to be able to plug into my music library as well. No home theatre just music.
I listen to early soul music, old spiritual gospel and blues, a little folk, some harlem and new orleans jazz.
Although I have no knowledge of the matter, from what I gather from internet browsing is that I would need to spend at least 2,400 USD or around 1,600 pounds to get into the entry level of hi fi stereo that has the type of sound I'm after.
I'd like a warm, lush, powerful, and natural sound. It seems like I'd enjoy a nice soundstage but I think I'd prefer floorstanding over bookshelf.
--- I was considering a Rega RP1, Rega Brio-R, and B&W 684. Although I've seen reviews in favor of the Rega RS3 and also some Tannoy and Monitor Audio. ---
It was my hope that I might get suggestions to my setup or pros and cons to different speakers. If they are all the same quality level then I wonder what the character differences are between the companies. Will the brio-r be sufficient to drive the speakers at a low to medium listening level? Other things necessary besides cables and power conditioner? Performance pack necessary on the RP1? I would rather spend more money and be completely content with a marvelous system than to be on mark and not feel that I've achieved the sound I'm after. The point of the whole thing for me is to create an extravegant, expansive sound that I can escape into and expand, strengthen, and nourish my musical mind. I wish I could afford a good vacuum tube amp, but that doesn't seem to be the case - later in life perhaps, I've got plenty of time.
Thank you very much in advance to anyone who takes the time in their day to read my post and give me honest feedback.