what speakers do you use?
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grizzleb
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Grievous Angel
Beast of Burden
Yeah I know - I just can't get too excited about all that stuff, probably because you took me down richer sounds 15 years ago and that has all served me extremely well right up til now!
So I don't really have to worry about it
Yeah your system works particularly well in your room, real winner, proper listening system.
Grievous Angel
Beast of Burden
The 640 is a classic amp. Lots of hifi nerds have them and the big brother. The cheaper one isn't as good but OK, but the 640 has great drive. Big speakers need a lot of current up them apparently. Not surprised you found a big difference from the Wharfedale which is nothing like as good.
The Codas are great. I got my sister some and they did the business for her for years. Proper quality. Zappa used to sound excellent on them. Getting a bit old now (the rubber surrounds on the drivers tends to go after a while) but cheap enough to take a punt on.
The Codas are great. I got my sister some and they did the business for her for years. Proper quality. Zappa used to sound excellent on them. Getting a bit old now (the rubber surrounds on the drivers tends to go after a while) but cheap enough to take a punt on.
Dusty
Tone deaf
I started out on Cambridge Audio gear, long before the Azur range existed though. Great stuff - the quality you get for the price has always been impressive.
For a £200 budget I'd go with some good bookshelf speakers - rather than buying some cheapo floorstanders that just won't deliver. Unless you want to go 2nd hand.
Wharfedale are supposed to be nice:
http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo.cfm/Product_ID/5486
And I'm bias but Quad do these mini-versions:
http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo.cfm/Product_ID/3237
Although to be honest you would probably be better off saving up a bit more and getting the bigger 11L2's
Get better advice than mine at somewhere like avforums.com
For a £200 budget I'd go with some good bookshelf speakers - rather than buying some cheapo floorstanders that just won't deliver. Unless you want to go 2nd hand.
Wharfedale are supposed to be nice:
http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo.cfm/Product_ID/5486
And I'm bias but Quad do these mini-versions:
http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo.cfm/Product_ID/3237
Although to be honest you would probably be better off saving up a bit more and getting the bigger 11L2's
Get better advice than mine at somewhere like avforums.com
Ness Rowlah
Norwegian Wood
On the hifi: Bi-wired Wharfedale Diamond Series 8.1 (probably not made any more). Very happy with these, but gets less and less usage (see below).
On the laptop:
LaCie USB speakers (best 17 quid spent in ages on Amazon, did not have the cash for the new LaCie Sound² Speakers).
Edit: The Diamond 8.1s seems to still be made and now in China and by Ken Kessler's review (from Jan 2009 by the looks of it) they are now better than ever (Kessler is a name I recognize from when I used to read hifi magazines, no more alas).
http://hometheaterreview.com/wharfdale-diamond-81-speakers-reviewed/
Jeez, starting to believe that either I need to upgrade to the same speakers I already got or that this review is a fake. Walking into hifi emporium: "Are you sure these are the CHINESE version? Can I see the made in China label please."
On the laptop:
Edit: The Diamond 8.1s seems to still be made and now in China and by Ken Kessler's review (from Jan 2009 by the looks of it) they are now better than ever (Kessler is a name I recognize from when I used to read hifi magazines, no more alas).
http://hometheaterreview.com/wharfdale-diamond-81-speakers-reviewed/
"Not that anything else needs changing [removing baffles] - far from it. This speaker is (sonically) so close to perfect as to be upsetting. It will, if the retailers realise what they have on their hands, destroy the entry-level sector for all other brands. Unfortunately, no retailer in his or her right mind wants you to leave the shop wholly satisfied with something which costs 'X', some absolute steal of a purchase which delivers the performance of something costing eight times as much. "
...What bordered on 'sounding like £10,000 per pair' was the overall stage width, depth and image placement within the sound stage. Whatever way you cut it, the speakers did the best disappearing act I've EVER heard from a box-type speaker, including the LS3/5A. They sounded unreservedly gargantuan.
Jeez, starting to believe that either I need to upgrade to the same speakers I already got or that this review is a fake. Walking into hifi emporium: "Are you sure these are the CHINESE version? Can I see the made in China label please."
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WashYourHands
Cat Malogen
NAD model 20’s from about 1985
Leo
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just got 'em a few months ago to replace a pair that were almost 20 years old. sound decent, for bookshelf speakers.
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Leo
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living in an apartment limits the full appreciation of great speakers because you can't crank them, except for maybe the occasional long holiday weekend when all four surrounding neighbors might be away. great speakers also sound good at low volumes, though, which is most of the benefit.
Leo
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Smoke enough weed and any speakers will sound amazing.
