I'm contemplating reducing the box count of my system, and go to a one - box system. I've looked at, but not auditioned, the Ruark R4i and the Marantz MCR603 Melody Media, and had a quick listen to a Bose Wave system - not a patch on my present system, as expected. The Ruark, as with the Bose, has it's own speakers, which would be good if they came fairly close to my present system, but would have to consider small speakers. Perhaps three hours isn't a long enough listen, but the Bose sounded overly bassy, with muddied sound. Should I persevere a bit longer?
I don't listen to loud music - rarely above 10 o'clock on my NAC72 - so outright power isn't necessary, to a variety of music, classical, Floyd, Paul Simon, Jazz, pop, rock, big band, etc. Most listening is via my phones.
I'd need an input for my Rega record player, CD player (streaming music is not for me, thanks), FM, DAB, possibly internet radio, (we seldom listen to radio but it would be good to have it). I don't have an i-pod, so no input essential. I also feed the TV through it, for movies and music shows.
I'd love to be able to afford a Uniti, and might be able to push the budget to a used unit, but would like some ideas where else to look, please. The Denon Ceol looks interesting too, but I gather that the Marantz is thought to be better?
I don't listen to loud music - rarely above 10 o'clock on my NAC72 - so outright power isn't necessary, to a variety of music, classical, Floyd, Paul Simon, Jazz, pop, rock, big band, etc. Most listening is via my phones.
I'd need an input for my Rega record player, CD player (streaming music is not for me, thanks), FM, DAB, possibly internet radio, (we seldom listen to radio but it would be good to have it). I don't have an i-pod, so no input essential. I also feed the TV through it, for movies and music shows.
I'd love to be able to afford a Uniti, and might be able to push the budget to a used unit, but would like some ideas where else to look, please. The Denon Ceol looks interesting too, but I gather that the Marantz is thought to be better?