Hello, i'd like to ask if anyone can give me some buying advice concerning my first "proper" Hi-Fi system. I have recently been lucky enough to have been given a pair of Kef Reference 2 speakers (standard 2's not 2.2's) by a family member. He bought them new c.mid 1990's. I was also lucky enough to hear them a few years ago through his Naim HiFi set-up.
Having recently moved to a new detached house with the Mrs i am now trying to decide what the best set-up would be (amp & cd) to really get the best out of these speakers in a simple stereo system (home cinema all taken care of in another room thanks). I have been looking a various amp & cd combinations from the same manufacturer & would like some advice/opinons from anyone. My music collection is all on CD so i'm looking to get a decent CD player & an Integrated amp or a pre-amp/power amp set-up. In the future i may add a tunner/DAB also. My main concern is these speakers are 4 ohm & quoted as "Reference" standard so will show up inferior components and therefore require a good system to drive them. I would also love to bi-amp the speakers as i have been informed this will really "open them up". I'd like to keep things British if possible so i have been looking at makes such as; Roksan, Quad, Arcam, Cyrus, etc. I tend to listen to house/dance music, rock music, & vocal pop. Finally, my budget is around £1,500. For this budget i'd ideally like to get a cd player, & intergrated amp (that i could add a power amp to later to bi-amp????). I also don't mind buying second hand, opinons please
Having recently moved to a new detached house with the Mrs i am now trying to decide what the best set-up would be (amp & cd) to really get the best out of these speakers in a simple stereo system (home cinema all taken care of in another room thanks). I have been looking a various amp & cd combinations from the same manufacturer & would like some advice/opinons from anyone. My music collection is all on CD so i'm looking to get a decent CD player & an Integrated amp or a pre-amp/power amp set-up. In the future i may add a tunner/DAB also. My main concern is these speakers are 4 ohm & quoted as "Reference" standard so will show up inferior components and therefore require a good system to drive them. I would also love to bi-amp the speakers as i have been informed this will really "open them up". I'd like to keep things British if possible so i have been looking at makes such as; Roksan, Quad, Arcam, Cyrus, etc. I tend to listen to house/dance music, rock music, & vocal pop. Finally, my budget is around £1,500. For this budget i'd ideally like to get a cd player, & intergrated amp (that i could add a power amp to later to bi-amp????). I also don't mind buying second hand, opinons please
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