Question What's your next HiFi purchase?

[record_spot]

Nostalgia is a very strange phenomenon

Not really. Not at all in fact.

 

[Gray]

I'm starting Ito think the big advantage of speakers is you can only buy one pair at a time 🙂

Tell that to Dougal

Thread 'My modest collection' https://forums.whathifi.com/threads/my-modest-collection.135757/

 

[Al ears]

Not really. Not at all in fact.

Correct, it's perfectly natural

 

[Angle Poise-Lamp]

Correct, it's perfectly natural

Nostalgia is often very inaccurate. People frequently have a rose-tinted view of the past.

 

[record_spot]

Nostalgia is often very inaccurate. People frequently have a rose-tinted view of the past.

That depends on what you're looking to recall. I agree when it comes into this notion that everything was better in the 40s and 50s (it wasn't) but not for a whole bunch of other stuff.

 

[James105]

Tell that to Dougal

Thread 'My modest collection' https://forums.whathifi.com/threads/my-modest-collection.135757/

LMFAO, okay I was wrong 🙂

 

[James105]

Trust me, that’s not strictly true! (I’ve only got four pairs at the moment!)

But they're not all in the same room are they, are they?

 

[James105]

@Shrek look forward to hearing your thoughts on Planars & the JT7 once you've got to know them 😊


It's a nice looking unit 👍

I pulled the trigger yesterday at just before 15:00 expecting it to arrive tomorrow, turned up at 10:30 this morning.

Its a really solid unit I think because of the side wooden panels and the face plate , then the feet really grab at the shelf when you set it down its sat down, if that makes sense.

Connected it coax out to my amp (NAD M17v2i & NAD M23) straight out of the box it sounded congested and confused by bass lines so I turned off the amp and stuck it on repeat for a couple of hours to warm up. (When I say warm up I mean reach operating temperature.)

I've been listening to it for the last 3 or 4 hours and I'm really happy with it, sound stage is wide , high and deep. instruments are well placed and distinct .

I've played a couple of "test" discs and then after that I've been feeding it with a lot of 80&90s compilation CDs because they're party CDs and badly scratched and abused its played them all.

The remote feels like you found it in a Christmas cracker but it has a good angle of response.

I say don't be put off by the discounted price its a genuine bargain.

 

[nopiano]

But they're not all in the same room are they, are they?

No, they’re not. I’ve got my Sonus Fabers in use, with the ATCs tucked away to one side. Upstairs I’ve QA and Mission bookshelf types for the occasional use.

 

[nopiano]

Nostalgia is a very strange phenomenon

It isn’t what it used to be! 😂😇

 

[Al ears]

Nostalgia is often very inaccurate. People frequently have a rose-tinted view of the past.

I am quite nostalgic about kit I once owned but got rid of, and shouldn't really have done so. Nothing rose-tinted about that.....

 

[Jasonovich]

Hell has just frozen over on my grave, I just purchased an Apple product!!!!!
Please I need to be institutionalized 🙂

I'm enjoying a lot of Apple TV shows like Silo on my IPTV service, and there's 3 month subscription free if you own an Apple product and they're selling refurbished 4K units for under £80 with remote, what's there to lose?

 

[Al ears]

Hell has just frozen over on my grave, I just purchased an Apple product!!!!!
Please I need to be institutionalized 🙂

I'm enjoying a lot of Apple TV shows like Silo on my IPTV service, and there's 3 month subscription free if you own an Apple product and they're selling refurbished 4K units for under £80 with remote, what's there to lose?

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Oh dear.... The rot sets in....
😎
someone soon to be added to my Ignore list...

 

[jjbomber]

what's there to lose?

Your sanity!

 

[Jasonovich]

Your sanity!

Hopefully watching it on AppleTV box will give me better 4K quality than IPTV VPN and I get to join the Apple Cool brigade ooooooh ah.... ha ha ha 😎 ........I hate that emoj reminds me of Bono!
£80 quid, less than a meal in a restaurant with the missus 🙂

 

[Shrek]

Hell has just frozen over on my grave, I just purchased an Apple product!!!!!
Please I need to be institutionalized 🙂

I'm enjoying a lot of Apple TV shows like Silo on my IPTV service, and there's 3 month subscription free if you own an Apple product and they're selling refurbished 4K units for under £80 with remote, what's there to lose?

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Jason ouch thought you wasnt buying any thing else 🍩
That aside i dont understand why people slag Apple products .Ive got a 24 inch 2012 iMac been faultless2012 iPhone faultless 2013 Macbook Air faultless.

But i do think you rushed into this buy the 3rd Gen is much better faster chip and colour calibration & Dolby have a look here .With warranty and a good price.
The picture on Apple TV 4K is just amazing defo best TV streamer by far.

CeX

uk.webuy.com

 

[Jasonovich]

Jason ouch thought you wasnt buying any thing else 🍩
That aside i dont understand why people slag Apple products .Ive got a 24 inch 2012 iMac been faultless2012 iPhone faultless 2013 Macbook Air faultless.

But i do think you rushed into this buy the 3rd Gen is much better faster chip and colour calibration & Dolby have a look here .With warranty and a good price.

CeX

uk.webuy.com

Yeah better deal with CEX and comes with warranty.
Oh well,
£115 is more than the £80 I paid but would have paid extra for the better hardware.
Thanks for the heads up Shrek 🙂

 

[Shrek]

Yeah better deal with CEX and comes with warranty.
Oh well,
£115 is more than the £80 I paid but would have paid extra for the better hardware.
Thanks for the heads up Shrek 🙂

weve all been there including me 👍