Hi
Back in the heady days of DD 5.1 I worked in the AV industry and was lucky enough to build a Home cinema based around a technics su-c1010 control partnered with 3x se-a1010 power amps with a DVD-A unit for a source. Times moved on and with the arrival of small feet this was all put into storage and replaced with a simpler and smaller one box solution - it did the job! Home cinema just doesn't do it for me anymore and I'm slowly getting back into 2 channel music instead. Link below to amps
http://www.avland.co.uk/technics/sea1010/
I need some advice really having been out of the game for nearly a decade. I've currently got the pre and 2 power amps set up as a bi-amp system - using one amp each for the left and right channels. This is being fed by a technics ps770d cdp as it sounds much better with CD than the dvd-a unit, driving a pair of mordaunt short book shelf speakers (823's iirc) that I've resurrected out of the attic. Now i'm certain that theres much room for improvement here, what can you peeps recommend either new or used as a source and some speakers? Budget needs to be commensurate with the rest of the system - say £500 for speakers and £300 for a cdp. With the move to digital storage the time seems ripe to pick up a V good used cdp. I'm aware speakers are a very personal choice.... however I have no idea nowadays what might at least complement the amps.
Secondly this set up leaves me a spare power amp. I've read bits about connecting a cdp direct to a power amp, using the cdp's onboard digital 'attenuation' (my ps770D can do this) or with a simple in-line rotary attenuator. Has anyone done this? How did it sound? The power amps have separate inputs on the rear, with one set having level controls.... I'm presuming that this could be used to control the volume if I used the line outs direct of the cdp thus avoiding the rubbish digital attenuation or a separate physical one.
Any help / thoughts are much appreciated - inc selling up and starting again!
thanks
Back in the heady days of DD 5.1 I worked in the AV industry and was lucky enough to build a Home cinema based around a technics su-c1010 control partnered with 3x se-a1010 power amps with a DVD-A unit for a source. Times moved on and with the arrival of small feet this was all put into storage and replaced with a simpler and smaller one box solution - it did the job! Home cinema just doesn't do it for me anymore and I'm slowly getting back into 2 channel music instead. Link below to amps
http://www.avland.co.uk/technics/sea1010/
I need some advice really having been out of the game for nearly a decade. I've currently got the pre and 2 power amps set up as a bi-amp system - using one amp each for the left and right channels. This is being fed by a technics ps770d cdp as it sounds much better with CD than the dvd-a unit, driving a pair of mordaunt short book shelf speakers (823's iirc) that I've resurrected out of the attic. Now i'm certain that theres much room for improvement here, what can you peeps recommend either new or used as a source and some speakers? Budget needs to be commensurate with the rest of the system - say £500 for speakers and £300 for a cdp. With the move to digital storage the time seems ripe to pick up a V good used cdp. I'm aware speakers are a very personal choice.... however I have no idea nowadays what might at least complement the amps.
Secondly this set up leaves me a spare power amp. I've read bits about connecting a cdp direct to a power amp, using the cdp's onboard digital 'attenuation' (my ps770D can do this) or with a simple in-line rotary attenuator. Has anyone done this? How did it sound? The power amps have separate inputs on the rear, with one set having level controls.... I'm presuming that this could be used to control the volume if I used the line outs direct of the cdp thus avoiding the rubbish digital attenuation or a separate physical one.
Any help / thoughts are much appreciated - inc selling up and starting again!
thanks