Hello everyone!
I'm trying to set up a hi-fi system, but i'm becoming to get lost in the middle of reviews and analysis. I know that the best ways to choose the components is to listen them... Unfortunality, i couldn't yet found a place to do it near me (Oporto, Portugal).
First things first my budget will be around 1500€... I really like the design of Cambridge Audio, but I'm insecure about their components performance. I also have been looking for Pioneer but even thought the good specs it seems to be a brand not much aprecciated in HIFi!! I did look to Onkyo... And the more fancy Arcam! Speakers speaking I'm stucked in QAcoustics 2050i and the reason is that in all reviews they appear to be an excelent deal (but is their sound really good?!)l!!
My "needs" are a stereo amp, a cd player, if not possible in amp a dac to connect pc/smartphone/and probably tv... In a near future i will want to plug a phono, so if the amp already includes a phono stage better!!
Some possibilities I fixed in my head:
A. Cambridge Azur 651A (DAC included) + Cambridge Azur 351C + Cambridge DACMAGIC 100
B. Pioneer A-70 (Phono and DAC included) + Pioneer P-10
C. Arcam A19 (Phono included) + Acam irDAC + some CD player (less expensive that Arcam CDS27 or it will blow my initial budget)
As I already said for speakers i look for something in the range of QAcoutics 2050i...
Any opinion or suggestion will be welcome and usefull...
Best regards,
Francisco
I'm trying to set up a hi-fi system, but i'm becoming to get lost in the middle of reviews and analysis. I know that the best ways to choose the components is to listen them... Unfortunality, i couldn't yet found a place to do it near me (Oporto, Portugal).
First things first my budget will be around 1500€... I really like the design of Cambridge Audio, but I'm insecure about their components performance. I also have been looking for Pioneer but even thought the good specs it seems to be a brand not much aprecciated in HIFi!! I did look to Onkyo... And the more fancy Arcam! Speakers speaking I'm stucked in QAcoustics 2050i and the reason is that in all reviews they appear to be an excelent deal (but is their sound really good?!)l!!
My "needs" are a stereo amp, a cd player, if not possible in amp a dac to connect pc/smartphone/and probably tv... In a near future i will want to plug a phono, so if the amp already includes a phono stage better!!
Some possibilities I fixed in my head:
A. Cambridge Azur 651A (DAC included) + Cambridge Azur 351C + Cambridge DACMAGIC 100
B. Pioneer A-70 (Phono and DAC included) + Pioneer P-10
C. Arcam A19 (Phono included) + Acam irDAC + some CD player (less expensive that Arcam CDS27 or it will blow my initial budget)
As I already said for speakers i look for something in the range of QAcoutics 2050i...
Any opinion or suggestion will be welcome and usefull...
Best regards,
Francisco