I want to thank this forum and all the people who partake in it. Im new to this arena and this forum has helped me immensely.
I bought a Marantz PM8003 Intergrated, Marantz CD6003 CD player and B&W 683 speakers. I was satisfied but not blown away and I felt the sound was a little on the bright side for my tastes. I decided to see if beafing it up would improve things for me. I demo'd the NAD C275, Rotel 1582 and the Plinius 9200 (which is going damn cheap here at the moment). They all had there pros and cons except maybe the Rotel which didnt sound great in my opinion and brightened things up even further!
I ended up with the NAD. For the money it is great. I upgraded to Chord CobraPlus interconnects also and Chord Carnival SilverScreen cables. Things sound great although Im not totally convinced on the speaker cables quite yet. I had some high end local branded cables which were a bit warmer. The Chord seemed to have opened things up a bit with (maybe) excessive bass (I love bass normally) and a hint of top end with a weakening of the midrange... quite interesting wiring each speaker individually and use the balance to hear the difference!
They may grow on me but Im not throwing the old cables!
Anyway thanks again
I bought a Marantz PM8003 Intergrated, Marantz CD6003 CD player and B&W 683 speakers. I was satisfied but not blown away and I felt the sound was a little on the bright side for my tastes. I decided to see if beafing it up would improve things for me. I demo'd the NAD C275, Rotel 1582 and the Plinius 9200 (which is going damn cheap here at the moment). They all had there pros and cons except maybe the Rotel which didnt sound great in my opinion and brightened things up even further!
I ended up with the NAD. For the money it is great. I upgraded to Chord CobraPlus interconnects also and Chord Carnival SilverScreen cables. Things sound great although Im not totally convinced on the speaker cables quite yet. I had some high end local branded cables which were a bit warmer. The Chord seemed to have opened things up a bit with (maybe) excessive bass (I love bass normally) and a hint of top end with a weakening of the midrange... quite interesting wiring each speaker individually and use the balance to hear the difference!
They may grow on me but Im not throwing the old cables!
Anyway thanks again