So Called Downgrade To My HiFi Brings Sonic Delights

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After being really into my Hifi since the age of 16, now 39 (god gettin old lol) i thought i had arrived at my perfect HiFi which comprised of a NAD SILVERLINE PRE/POWER AMP, MUSICAL FIDELITY XRAY V3 CDPLAYER, MUSICAL FIDELITY ELECTRA TUNER, CASTLE HARLECH 2 SPEAKERS, RUSS ANDREWS SILENCERBLOCK, SILVER SPIRAL INTERCONNECTS AND XTCSPEAKER CABLE.

I loved this system and it gave me many years of pleasure, but due to moving i sold the compleate system, due to it being to powerful for my new listening room, i was about to start looking for a new system when one night late on ebay i bought a Marantz 6010 ki signature amp in A1 condition, so over the next week i managed to buy a Marantz CD67-SE Special Edition CD Player and KEF Q35 Q SERIES speakers and added some Chord carnival speaker cable , the whole system cost me £320.00 and wow i am blown away so much musicallty.

After spending so much money in the past on HiFi equipment i am now doubting my sanity as this system seems to draw me into the music like no other HiFi i have owned and was just wondering if anyone else had experienced this ?

 

[idc]

You have shown how valuable ebay is to getting super hifi for not a huge outlay and how diminishing returns sets in very quickly with hifi. You are also right to match your setup to your room. Room acoustics are ignored too much

A very wise decision on your part and I am very glad you are pleased with the results.

 

[Anonymous]

idc:

You have shown how valuable ebay is to getting super hifi for not a huge outlay and how diminishing returns sets in very quickly with hifi. You are also right to match your setup to your room. Room acoustics are ignored too much

A very wise decision on your part and I am very glad you are pleased with the results.

Room accoustics where the decideing factor, after half an hour listening to the previous setup, i had to turn it off, no matter what volume i listend at it just made my head bang, but not the way i useally headbang lol

I listen to Black and Death Metal, i know not the useual audiophile music but a good hifi is important for all genres and i was worried that 50 watts would not be enough power, but its all the power i need and i have a system that looks and sounds like new all for less than i spent on a mains block.... that really brings a smile to my face, and has left a big pot of money for new cds.

You are indeed correct, ebay is ideal to buy quality hifi at a good price as long as you do your research and dont get carried away with bidding..

 

[idc]

There are loads of metal and all of its various genres who are audiophiles. This forum and Big Chris caused me to listen to and appreciate metal far more than I thought I would.

Metal needs detail and attack, a hard combination to achieve.

 

[Anonymous]

I had exactly the same speakers and amp combo, and mostly listen to metal and thought it was an amazing setup. I unfortunately sold it to get a home cinema system as I never got chance to listen to it (I only really listen to music through headphones now, death metal doesn't go down too well with the better half!)

When I get a bigger house I will find myself a listening room again and get on ebay (I can hear her now 'why do you need more speakers....')

 

[RCduck7]

Castle speakers and NAD equipment doesn't sound bright or hard in general from my experience (maybe some specific models might, i don't know).

Do you think you had the right equipment but was your previous room an acoustic nightmare? Do you think your current Marantz/KEF combo won't sound harsh in your previous listening room, or would it? Acoustics are very important, i tried my setup in 3 different rooms, and ohboy does it make a huge difference. But you also might like the sound more of a Marantz/Kef combo.

Congratulations at achieving your goal in such a way as you did.