highly rated by what hifi i remember...Few of us have no change-of-clothes? Similarly, from storage, I'll be swapping to this late 90s set:
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Main reason is wanting to use my CD collection again, and hearing it like I did. Thus, a restart to appreciate differences.
I've no time right now to write in detail.I would add set of speakers if I were you, you won't really get any sound from the empty boxes.![]()
may i ask how do these components compare to the new entry level marantz offerings of 2020 ?I used to sell both. Good components although the CDP was the stronger of the two.
If you think footwear is not clothing, are you suggesting loudspeakers are not hifi?I'll liken loudspeakers to shoes… footwear isn't normally considered clothing.
messing around with the kit is part of, if not, the whole point of this hobby for some. music listening often takes a back seat !I have no idea why, if happy with how your system sounds, you'd want to change. Feels a bit more about the kit than the music to me, but each to their own.
cables as well.I would add set of speakers if I were you, you won't really get any sound from the empty boxes.![]()
Let's say speaker cables are socks.If you think footwear is not clothing, are you suggesting loudspeakers are not hifi?
cables as well.
I'm very aware I need to dust the room. And shifting… because I listen especially to voices, I remember a certain result—63KI & 66KI combo had it, may as well…I have no idea why, if happy with how your system sounds, you'd want to change. Feels a bit more about the kit than the music to me, but each to their own.
Are the voices still there when the system is off? (Apologies - bad joke!)
may i ask what socks, sorry, cables are you going to use ?Never mind, minimal effect upon most readers.
Here's showing what I initially had cropped off, it's another-set-of-clothes to change into:
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I'll talk about subtleties e.g. when playing the same song, another time.
A thought when starting this Thread was to give my example of keeping entry-level Hi-Fi (even after buying mid-level or beyond) because certain memories of playback performance can only be recreated by that entry-level Hi-Fi set.I used to sell both. Good components although the CDP was the stronger of the two.
There are indeed some hi-fi items that produced a sound I have struggled to reproduce since. These are the ones I wish I'd stuck with, and which make me wonder how I'd have got on if I'd kept them.A thought when starting this Thread was to give my example of keeping entry-level Hi-Fi (even after buying mid-level or beyond) because certain memories of playback performance can only be recreated by that entry-level Hi-Fi set.
Readers may say entry-level KI are special cases for holding on to, but each person must have enjoyed products… that may become impossible to replace.
I've photoed KI's '99 interview… answers…:may i ask what socks, sorry, cables are you going to use ?
Be mindful that what succeeds for KHF's system may not be successful in our own. His happy discovery:cables…
agreed the price is steep...That sounds like a 'crazy expensive' cable to me. The £89 my Chord Clearway interconnect cost sits at the far limit of what I am prepared to spend on cable.