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Impulse buys....
« on: 02 August 2007, 19:58:07 »
Hmmm. I have been looking to get some "proper" (well to most aside of Mark/Max) audio components for use in the home.

I have been scouring around ebay looking at what is on offer. I missed out on a couple I should have gone for but work got busy and I forgot to bid which meant I missed out on a damn nice set of Yamaha natural sound compnents with some tasty mission speakers.  >:(

Now, most sensible people would get the seperates, then look at speakers....
Not me, I was browsing today and came across a pair of Paradigm Monitor 9 speakers... oooh (even with my limited knowledge I know these are damn good, and very natural speakers)!

Right, so now I am the proud, but a little dumb, owner of a fabulous pair of speakers... but have nothing to drive them!!

If anyone has some nice components they are prepared to let go for a decent price, let me know. :)
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Re: Impulse buys....
« Reply #1 on: 02 August 2007, 20:15:47 »
Why be sensible ?

Be sensible with the seperates..They look good speakers just read up on them :y ..
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« Reply #2 on: 02 August 2007, 20:32:09 »
Well from what I gather they are excellent, they certainly look cool!  ;)

I will, doubtless, get comments off Mark at some point. I say this as Mark has a very impressive sounding set up at home and his knowledge of such things is probably only bettered by MaxV6. (actually I am a little nervous of exactly what he will say... ::))

Now the fun will start, getting the right components. The most important being a decent amp...

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« Reply #3 on: 02 August 2007, 20:45:14 »
No doubt Mark will have some input on these speakers nut as you say very knowledgable in all subjects, should end up a good system.. :y
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Re: Impulse buys....
« Reply #4 on: 02 August 2007, 21:56:45 »
Good speakers, cant fault them.

You need a reasonable amp to drive them well, nothing to powerful but something with plenty of control to keep the sound tight......

Budget - SONY TA-FB940R - Cracking low end amp, true discrete Mosfet design, plenty of power and well screwed together. A very difficult unit to beat at the price.
Mid range - Maybe a Denon PMA1500AE

Above this can get silly........
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Re: Impulse buys....
« Reply #5 on: 02 August 2007, 22:22:14 »
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Good speakers, cant fault them.

You need a reasonable amp to drive them well, nothing to powerful but something with plenty of control to keep the sound tight......

Budget - SONY TA-FB940R - Cracking low end amp, true discrete Mosfet design, plenty of power and well screwed together. A very difficult unit to beat at the price.
Mid range - Maybe a Denon PMA1500AE

Above this can get silly........
No no no no no no no no no no no no no.

No.
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Re: Impulse buys....
« Reply #6 on: 02 August 2007, 22:37:42 »
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Good speakers, cant fault them.

You need a reasonable amp to drive them well, nothing to powerful but something with plenty of control to keep the sound tight......

Budget - SONY TA-FB940R - Cracking low end amp, true discrete Mosfet design, plenty of power and well screwed together. A very difficult unit to beat at the price.
Mid range - Maybe a Denon PMA1500AE

Above this can get silly........
No no no no no no no no no no no no no.
No.

Mark, I think was saved from a major post deduction only by the fact he is... well Mark,  for that post!  ;D ;D
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Re: Impulse buys....
« Reply #7 on: 02 August 2007, 23:54:40 »
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Good speakers, cant fault them.

Wow... high praise indeed!  :o

Right. Below are a few ideas. Any thoughts on my suggestions appreciated.


Amp.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Yamaha-AX-392-Natural-Sound-Stereo-Integrated-Amplifier_W0QQitemZ250147731959QQihZ015QQcategoryZ3280QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Always liked the sound these produce.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARCAM-ALPHA-8-AMPLIFIER_W0QQitemZ190136373501QQihZ009QQcategoryZ3280QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Nice, very very nice....and will probably be too damn expensive!


CD Player.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARCAM-ALPHA-7-CD-PLAYER_W0QQitemZ190136375268QQihZ009QQcategoryZ3272QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Well it is Arcam... so will be excellent.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/marantz-cd-63-mkII-KI-SIGNATURE_W0QQitemZ120146658635QQihZ002QQcategoryZ3272QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Ah heck, I want one of these! Never heard a bad word said about them!
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Re: Impulse buys....
« Reply #8 on: 03 August 2007, 08:22:20 »
Forget Yamaha, the sound is to 'buggered' with (they call it natural sound, I call it dont decide my tone settings for me...)

The Arcam amp is a nice unit.....

Cd players are an interesting one......again, a Sony CDPXB9XX fixed pickup range is VERY good for a budget buy. Marantz is reasonable but, the Arcam I always found lacked range.

And I dont care what The Boy says about the above......they are fine pieces of kit and Sony seperates realy do hold there own at the bottom/mid end of the market.
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Re: Impulse buys....
« Reply #9 on: 03 August 2007, 08:47:38 »
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Forget Yamaha, the sound is to 'buggered' with (they call it natural sound, I call it dont decide my tone settings for me...)

Nice!

Now, maybe this suggestion will be too budget for you, but for a CD player, what about a cambridge audio azur 640c version 2.  I have one of these, it has dual DACS and sounds excellent.  I could not believe how much detail and sound staging was missing from my previous player.

Here is a link:

http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/summary.php?PID=99&Title=Azur+640C+%28Version+2%29

Hope this may help in some way.
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Re: Impulse buys....
« Reply #10 on: 03 August 2007, 08:53:57 »
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Forget Yamaha, the sound is to 'buggered' with (they call it natural sound, I call it dont decide my tone settings for me...)

The Arcam amp is a nice unit.....

Cd players are an interesting one......again, a Sony CDPXB9XX fixed pickup range is VERY good for a budget buy. Marantz is reasonable but, the Arcam I always found lacked range.

And I dont care what The Boy says about the above......they are fine pieces of kit and Sony seperates realy do hold there own at the bottom/mid end of the market.

I actually own a Sony amp, and use it  ::)

Its not a proper amp, its there old surround amp (htc430?), with built in radio tuner. Idea being that under my tv, I just have MCE and amp/tuner, no other a/v stuff.  The amp is actually OK (though the video switching is svideo, but I obviously do not pump video through it), though the supplied speakers are woeful.  I'm guessing the amp, when they marketed the bundle, was 'old school' sony, and the speakers where the 'new' (aka crap) Sony.
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Re: Impulse buys....
« Reply #11 on: 03 August 2007, 09:09:06 »
Sony speakers have always been a bit 'budget'....there true discrete amps are still pretty dam good.

I used to work with one of the founders of Audio Analogue, he designed thier CD player and worked on the original Puccini amp......these sold for mega bucks with sub 100 quid of bits in them! I ahev all the schematics

The key thing about hifi is that everybodies taste is different and so thre never is a true 'best' product although there is some poor stuff.....
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« Reply #12 on: 03 August 2007, 09:12:17 »
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The key thing about hifi is that everybodies taste is different and so thre never is a true 'best' product although there is some poor stuff.....
Agreed :y

Though generally, as you get older, esp if you listened to too much live music too loud when younger, the quality can be lower without noticing the difference ::)
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« Reply #13 on: 03 August 2007, 10:02:06 »
When I took my 12 year old Philips TV to be repaired (turned out battery had died),  the chap said - thank goodness its not a Sony - full of dry joints..

As an aside - tried finding a tv repair shop these days? Next to impossible.
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Re: Impulse buys....
« Reply #14 on: 03 August 2007, 10:48:21 »
Laidback, dont leave those speakers too long without using them or the motion will stiffen-up and the sound will go off. If you like I can keep them exercised on my KT88 valve system and also run-in any new speaker leads for you.
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