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insider9 said:
Gaz37 said:
Marantz CD63KI £90
Pioneer A656 Reference £76
B&W DM603 £60
Atacama stands £20
Maplins speaker cable
Cambridge Audio interconnects

Nobody who's heard it can believe it cost under £300.
Equally those who haven't heard it can't believe anything so cheap can sound good lol
It's because most people would pay well over £300 for these. When CD player and speakers alone usually go for £250+ 🙂

Only thing you can usually get at the prices above are the stands. The rest usually goes for more.

You've managed to get some great bargains there Gaz.

I know the speakers were a bargain but there were plenty of CD63KIs around for under £150 when I got mine & a few others under £100 that were too far away.

EDIT
Just checked sold items on Ebay & 17 63KIs have sold recently for under £150, 2 of them under £100
 
Cambridge audio 840C cd
£90.00

Marantz PM6004 and Tannoy R2's off gum tree for £150

Was a really good system, gave it to my little cousin.

Not really sure if I done him a favour cause his hooked on Hi-fi now.
 
Certainly for young kids bedroom systems they sound very impressive. I reckon I'd need to spend proper money to make a significant difference to them.

(Replying to post 23 regardless of the note above the post!)
 
Well, the ones I’ve done so far only take rudimentary soldering skills (no need to even remove the PCB) and a multimeter for the bias, and are well worthwhile 🙂

Gaz37 said:
insider9 said:
Gaz37 said:
Marantz CD63KI £90 Pioneer A656 Reference £76 B&W DM603 £60 Atacama stands £20 Maplins speaker cable Cambridge Audio interconnects

Nobody who's heard it can believe it cost under £300. Equally those who haven't heard it can't believe anything so cheap can sound good lol
It's because most people would pay well over £300 for these. When CD player and speakers alone usually go for £250+ 🙂

Only thing you can usually get at the prices above are the stands. The rest usually goes for more.

You've managed to get some great bargains there Gaz.

I know the speakers were a bargain but there were plenty of CD63KIs around for under £150 when I got mine & a few others under £100 that were too far away.

EDIT Just checked sold items on Ebay & 17 63KIs have sold recently for under £150, 2 of them under £100

I’ve come to the conclusion if it’s a budget build and you’re planning on modding it you’re better off with a CD53 anyway. Saves the trouble of bypassing the HDAM, PCB is the same and you can easily pick one up for under £30. Chassis will need some dynamat and replicating the CD63 MKII chassis brace will help. No nice toroidal transformer like the KI but that must be a minor difference in sound quality.
 
Well as a stroke of luck I’ve just found 2 unused LME49720s and an OPA2132 in my drawer so that’s the Op-Amps for both the CD player and amp phono stage sorted out! 😀
 

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