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Hi folks,
Been a reader of the mag for a few months so thought id join up here and say hi.
Im a newbie into the world of hi-fi. All of my listening for the past few years has been done on my PC with a 5.1 speaker setup - pretty nasty tbh. A good few years ago (10+!) my mates parents bought a Cyrus system with mission speakers - cant recall the specifics - but it was awesome! Couldn't beleive how good it sounded! Especially at loud volumes. Anyway I wan't a piece of that cake as Im fed up listening to tunes on a noisy pc streaming them from Napster. To cut to the chase Im going to purchase a Cyrus 8 system, but Im undecided on the speakers. Obviously I'll try and audition them before I purchase but I'd like to know of any decent contenders for my money. Im wanting to spend about £900 - £1300 ish on a set of floorstanders. I've been reading about the Dali Ikon 6's and the Spendor S5e which sound good and will try and listen to them both.
Are there any other major players I should try and listen to?
Cheers
Steve
Been a reader of the mag for a few months so thought id join up here and say hi.

Im a newbie into the world of hi-fi. All of my listening for the past few years has been done on my PC with a 5.1 speaker setup - pretty nasty tbh. A good few years ago (10+!) my mates parents bought a Cyrus system with mission speakers - cant recall the specifics - but it was awesome! Couldn't beleive how good it sounded! Especially at loud volumes. Anyway I wan't a piece of that cake as Im fed up listening to tunes on a noisy pc streaming them from Napster. To cut to the chase Im going to purchase a Cyrus 8 system, but Im undecided on the speakers. Obviously I'll try and audition them before I purchase but I'd like to know of any decent contenders for my money. Im wanting to spend about £900 - £1300 ish on a set of floorstanders. I've been reading about the Dali Ikon 6's and the Spendor S5e which sound good and will try and listen to them both.
Are there any other major players I should try and listen to?
Cheers
Steve