tino said:
matthewpiano said:
Well I have just ditched my seperate CD player, if that counts.
I think 2014 will be the year that I finish ripping a lot of my CDs and they will then go into storage in favour of streaming and vinyl. I also plan to listen to more radio - FM, DAB and internet. I've already decided that, for me, 2014 is the year that I really take a breather from the whole process of worrying about and fiddling with the hi-fi. With that in mind the seperate amp, CD player and SBT are on their way out, replaced by the Marantz system which drives the Zensor 3s very capably and (in the white and black version I've gone for) looks really nice.
It took me a while to rip my CDs and find the artwork but the effort was worth it - all the tunes on my SBT or any proxy device that controls the SBT. Am umming and ahhing about an all-in-one ... my everyday system is quite compact anyway. The attraction for me is the included DAB/FM.
Its only early days, but I've got to say the Marantz is very impressive indeed. I've tried CD, DAB radio and Spotify Premium so far and all sound really enjoyable. The Marantz app works really well on my HTC phone as well. Already I'm focusing on the music more and I can understand why Chebby has enjoyed his M-CR603 so much.
I wasn't keen on it in all-black so I was really pleased to get one of the black and white ones, which look much classier IMO.