Many years ago (about 20!) I was a subscriber to What Hi-Fi. As a student my budget was limited so I bought the best I could at the time... and then the family took over!
Therefore I still have a decent looking but old separates system comprising:
CD Player - Technics SL-P277A
Cassetter Player (I know!) - Technics RS-B465
Tuner - Denon TU-260L
Amplifier - Rotel RA-82OAX
I have just replaced the speakers - Wharfedale Diamond IVs - partly because the kids when younger had poked the tweeters and partly because I thought - wrongly - that one of them had 'blown'. I've just bought the Q Acoustics 2010s from Peter Tyson for a very reasonable £99.
Of course I have now realised that it is in fact the amplifier that seems to be faulty - there is hardly any sound coming from the left side and what you can hear is low level "fuzz". I had a look inside the amp but there is nothing obvious. I guess being 20 years old it's not particularly surprising. The question is, what should I do:
1) Buy a new amp as a straight forward replacement. If so what on a limited budget? I might just about be able to stretch to the Best Buy Marantz PM6003 at £250.
2) I have a newish Panasonic TH-42PZ85B TV and Sky HD - but have never had cinema audio (and would not really know where to start!). Could I buy a "cinema" amp to play both the hi-fi separates AND the TV - and if so how and what do I buy?! I guess I could use the new and old speakers for some sort of surround sound? What else would I need and how much would it cost?
As you can guess I was once a Hi-Fi fan but 20 years is a long time... can anyone help me please?
Therefore I still have a decent looking but old separates system comprising:
CD Player - Technics SL-P277A
Cassetter Player (I know!) - Technics RS-B465
Tuner - Denon TU-260L
Amplifier - Rotel RA-82OAX
I have just replaced the speakers - Wharfedale Diamond IVs - partly because the kids when younger had poked the tweeters and partly because I thought - wrongly - that one of them had 'blown'. I've just bought the Q Acoustics 2010s from Peter Tyson for a very reasonable £99.
Of course I have now realised that it is in fact the amplifier that seems to be faulty - there is hardly any sound coming from the left side and what you can hear is low level "fuzz". I had a look inside the amp but there is nothing obvious. I guess being 20 years old it's not particularly surprising. The question is, what should I do:
1) Buy a new amp as a straight forward replacement. If so what on a limited budget? I might just about be able to stretch to the Best Buy Marantz PM6003 at £250.
2) I have a newish Panasonic TH-42PZ85B TV and Sky HD - but have never had cinema audio (and would not really know where to start!). Could I buy a "cinema" amp to play both the hi-fi separates AND the TV - and if so how and what do I buy?! I guess I could use the new and old speakers for some sort of surround sound? What else would I need and how much would it cost?
As you can guess I was once a Hi-Fi fan but 20 years is a long time... can anyone help me please?