Hi everyone! New around here and I come looking for some suggestions/advice!
There's an upcoming family occasion which I am looking to mark by a home hifi setup. The person in question is a musician(bass) /general lover of audio/speakers/and has had various speakers hifi setups over the years but I suppose, never a very serious setup. I'm looking for some suggestions, advice etc on this. Some sort of criteria's to get up and running:
- This is for the home, most likely living room, which is not acoustically treated and will have a sofa and general living room items.
- currently playback is in the form of Project turntable, CD. (welcome any thoughts or suggestions there also)
- generally likes a very warm, wide, enveloping bass
- looking at around £5000 budget
A consideration has been a set of used Beolab 5's. I have heard the Beolab 50's (while out of the budget) properly configured and they wow'd me.I guess the 'room reading' capability of them is something I'm thinking might (?) be useful within an untreated space as described above.
How about an offering from B&W? Some floor standing speakers... or something like Wharfedale Dovedales? I guess at this point we're looking at amps too... of which suggestions welcomed.
I know it's probably a little vague, but hoping some thoughts can help steer the road. Floor open and welcome all thoughts/suggestions/guidance!
TIA
There's an upcoming family occasion which I am looking to mark by a home hifi setup. The person in question is a musician(bass) /general lover of audio/speakers/and has had various speakers hifi setups over the years but I suppose, never a very serious setup. I'm looking for some suggestions, advice etc on this. Some sort of criteria's to get up and running:
- This is for the home, most likely living room, which is not acoustically treated and will have a sofa and general living room items.
- currently playback is in the form of Project turntable, CD. (welcome any thoughts or suggestions there also)
- generally likes a very warm, wide, enveloping bass
- looking at around £5000 budget
A consideration has been a set of used Beolab 5's. I have heard the Beolab 50's (while out of the budget) properly configured and they wow'd me.I guess the 'room reading' capability of them is something I'm thinking might (?) be useful within an untreated space as described above.
How about an offering from B&W? Some floor standing speakers... or something like Wharfedale Dovedales? I guess at this point we're looking at amps too... of which suggestions welcomed.
I know it's probably a little vague, but hoping some thoughts can help steer the road. Floor open and welcome all thoughts/suggestions/guidance!
TIA