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[Shackeng]

Hi guys, I'm looking for HiFi to replace my 36 year old Pioneer setup. I would like one that will still play cassettes, CD's and LPs if possible, and it must have wireless speakers. Am I being too optimistic?

[Steve B]

Hi guys, I'm looking for HiFi to replace my 36 year old Pioneer setup. I would like one that will still play cassettes, CD's and LPs if possible, and it must have wireless speakers. Am I being too optimistic?

What you still got them for... There from the black & white days 

[Kevin Wood]

You need to go where I'll be on Sunday.

http://www.thehifishow.com/

But in all seriousness, if sound quality is important to you, I would probably drop the requirement for wireless speakers. I can't think of one wireless product that sits in a sensible space between "cheap cr@p" and "overpriced "high-end" nonsense". There is a reasonable segment of the Hi-Fi buying market that think they can hear the difference between different exotic brands of speaker cable, and different brands of valve in their amplifiers, etc. Make a speaker wireless (and, of course, integrate the amplifier with it) and they get all confused, so wireless technology simply hasn't "made it".

I may well be about to be proved wrong, of course, but that's my assessment of the situation.

What is wrong with your current system? Any prospect of fixing it or replacing an item or two?

EDIT: There's a shop not far from me who's a decent bloke and a good source of old separates if you need to replace any of your current system. (I'm thinking it's going to be tough finding a new cassette deck these days, for example, but he'll sell you a decent 2nd hand one.) www.hifihangar.co.uk

[Shackeng]

I have just fitted a wood floor in my lounge and did not want to run the speaker wires round under the skirting, mainly because we rarely use the Pioneer except for the wireless, and occasional casette or LP, but also because our new room layout does not lend itself to large speakers. I am not wooried about top quality hifi, just a reasonable sound when I want to play my old Beachboys, Dusty, or Elvis LP's and cassettes.

[Shackeng]

You need to go where I'll be on Sunday.

http://www.thehifishow.com/

But in all seriousness, if sound quality is important to you, I would probably drop the requirement for wireless speakers. I can't think of one wireless product that sits in a sensible space between "cheap cr@p" and "overpriced "high-end" nonsense". There is a reasonable segment of the Hi-Fi buying market that think they can hear the difference between different exotic brands of speaker cable, and different brands of valve in their amplifiers, etc. Make a speaker wireless (and, of course, integrate the amplifier with it) and they get all confused, so wireless technology simply hasn't "made it".

I may well be about to be proved wrong, of course, but that's my assessment of the situation.

What is wrong with your current system? Any prospect of fixing it or replacing an item or two?

EDIT: There's a shop not far from me who's a decent bloke and a good source of old separates if you need to replace any of your current system. (I'm thinking it's going to be tough finding a new cassette deck these days, for example, but he'll sell you a decent 2nd hand one.) www.hifihangar.co.uk

Thanks for all that info Kevin. If I keep the current system I will have to wire the speakers which we think are ugly anyway.

[EMD]

Hi guys, I'm looking for HiFi to replace my 36 year old Pioneer setup. I would like one that will still play cassettes, CD's and LPs if possible, and it must have wireless speakers. Am I being too optimistic?

What you still got them for... There from the black & white days 

Still got cassette and record player , cant beat the old original sound from LP's 

[Steve B]

Dont do CDs no more...Flac Straight into a amp 

[redelitev6]

What about wax cylinders ?

[tigers_gonads]

I've got a decent AV system in my lounge and due to a similar problem hiding cables, I rewired all my 6 of my surround speakers last year in this stuff

http://www.richersounds.com/product/speaker-cables/qed/micro/qed-micro

Its tiny in comparison to some cables and pish easy to hide even if the cable is a little hard to bend around tight corners due to the very thin but stiff insulation.

I love my music / AV system and I must admit I was gobsmacked just how good this cable is 

[Steve B]

I use some of the higher end speaker cable.....  



Yes the speaker is plugged in..

[tigers_gonads]

I use some of the higher end speaker cable.....  

Mmmmm, nice them 

I've got Mission's all around for the Av side running of a Yamaha AV amp and a nice pair of Mission M70's c/w Cyrus 2 amp for the music.

I use this stuff for the floor standing beasties 

http://www.richersounds.com/product/speaker-cables/cambridge-audio/ultra-bi-wire/audi-ultra-biwire

[Shackeng]

I'd get shot if I tried to fit those, which are twice the size of the ones we are getting rid of!

[Steve B]

I'd get shot if I tried to fit those, which are twice the size of the ones we are getting rid of!

There only 14" high.. fed by a good old Technics  su-x902 which is rigged into the pc with a optical cable fed by winamp..

[Steve B]

You need to go where I'll be on Sunday.

http://www.thehifishow.com/

But in all seriousness, if sound quality is important to you, I would probably drop the requirement for wireless speakers. I can't think of one wireless product that sits in a sensible space between "cheap cr@p" and "overpriced "high-end" nonsense". There is a reasonable segment of the Hi-Fi buying market that think they can hear the difference between different exotic brands of speaker cable, and different brands of valve in their amplifiers, etc. Make a speaker wireless (and, of course, integrate the amplifier with it) and they get all confused, so wireless technology simply hasn't "made it".

I may well be about to be proved wrong, of course, but that's my assessment of the situation.

What is wrong with your current system? Any prospect of fixing it or replacing an item or two?

EDIT: There's a shop not far from me who's a decent bloke and a good source of old separates if you need to replace any of your current system. (I'm thinking it's going to be tough finding a new cassette deck these days, for example, but he'll sell you a decent 2nd hand one.) www.hifihangar.co.uk

Like the look of that.   Is It worth there £12.50 Fee.....

[chrisgixer]

I'd say if your prepared to accept the sound quality of a cassette, and vinyl, then the differance in sound quality between wired and wireless speakers won't even show up in the sound quality "spectrum" that's considered basic top end these days. Plus usually, only the furthest speakers are wireless anyway.

If your looking for unobtrusive speakers, look at the bose set ups. Although they are wired and ideously expensive. But the quality v speakers size (1x2" in some cases) is very impressive.

Then again, integrating cassette and record players isn't going to happen without seperate connections and a mass of wires. Most likely will depend on aux outputs of your current equipment.

Most modern systems revolve around home cinema and smart tv's these days. Music being a side show as its so easy to input digital audio, but quality via surround sound such as Dolby digital is impressive. Of course there are those that rightly dislike the compression rates v quality of digital recordings but let's not forget we are talking about a range of quality that encompasses cassette recordings.


We have a range of cd's and a standalone CD player in the front room. Or had. They've sat gathering dust for the last 11 years once inported to a digital player.

Imo. Move with the times. Buy the best quality system you can that incorporates home cinema , with multi sound and viewing zones. And if your current equipment allows, aux that in to the new set up.

So to answer your question. Tbh. Yes!