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Wack61

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CatmanV2 said:
I imagine you considered that option for about 2 nanoseconds....

Not totally clear they'd be a good match for the Cyrus but.....

Suck it and see

C
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You might be right, it does however sound very good with a pair of these I picked up today

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CatmanV2

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I suppose you paid thruppence hapenny for them? :D

Glad it sounds good. Not so good with the Quads?

C
 
Alan Surrey

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Where are you finding all this stuff? I need some for the kids who are just starting to think about a sound system for their home, but have even less budget than I had setting up mine....
 
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Alan Surrey said:
Where are you finding all this stuff? I need some for the kids who are just starting to think about a sound system for their home, but have even less budget than I had setting up mine....
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Facebook, car boot sales at 5am, though the smartphone has killed most of the real bargains.
It takes a bit of trawling Facebook marketplace but there are bargains out there.
 
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These speakers came from a guy who does house clearances, they were probably mint before he lobbed them in his van, they've got a few scuffs now but thankfully on the bottom

Most people have no idea how much real hifi costs

I never thought I'd see the day the Spendor S6e were passed over, I'm currently playing the dynaudio with a musical fidelity integrated amp and the base is making me feel sick
 
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CatmanV2

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Wack61 said:
These speakers came from a guy who does house clearances, they were probably mint before he lobbed them in his van, they've got a few scuffs now but thankfully on the bottom

Most people have no idea how much real hifi costs

I never thought I'd see the day the Spendor S6e were passed over, I'm currently playing the dynaudio with a musical fidelity integrated amp and the base is making me feel sick
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You should look for some big cabinets then :)


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CatmanV2 said:
You should look for some big cabinets then :)


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The current version of these speakers costs £4500, I'm highly unlikely to be upgrading them, I did have it on very loud

I'm hoping to see that Italian amp ( that's been at the menders that long I've forgotten what it is) back soon to try with them.
 
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Wack61 said:
The current version of these speakers costs £4500, I'm highly unlikely to be upgrading them, I did have it on very loud

I'm hoping to see that Italian amp ( that's been at the menders that long I've forgotten what it is) back soon to try with them.
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Not suggesting upgrading, I was suggesting something with a bigger box to feel real bass :)

I remember how all this started :D

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Got fed up waiting for the Union Research amp to come back from the menders, I'm getting a feeling they're going to tell me they can't fix it, they've had it 7 months

Last week saw a mint Naim Nait 5si on facebook so I thought I'd give that a go, not particularly cheap but money back if I didn't like it

It really suits the dynaudio, the booming base of the musical fidelity has been toned down, replaced with a vocal clarity that's simply outstanding, if I do get the unison back working it'll be interesting to see how it performs against the naim
 
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CatmanV2

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Good stuff. Mrs C was wondering if we could upgrade our system last night. I starter reeling off the prices for our speakers on ebay.

We've got very few upgrade paths left....

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Wack61

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CatmanV2 said:
Rather more costly than mine too! Next ones up are going about £6k on ebay.....

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What's the cost to change though, it's like buying cars, if you've got the money it doesn't matter what it costs, it's what it's worth when you sell it that matters.
 
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Wack61 said:
What's the cost to change though, it's like buying cars, if you've got the money it doesn't matter what it costs, it's what it's worth when you sell it that matters.
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It'll still be around £4k. And I'd need to sell mine. Which might take a while

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CatmanV2 said:
We've got very few upgrade paths left....

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Go and test some dynaudio, ( not the 35k ones) when I got this naim amp I stuck it in the rack, couldn't see which connectors were which on the back so just picked a red and a white, it worked so all good

Only I had the CD player plugged in one marked HDD out
Just changed it to CD and it's like a turbo has kicked in, I've never heard anything like it
 
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New (used) amp collected today, Roksan Caspian M2, it blows the Naim Nait 5Si out of the water
125w into 4ohms, I can't get it past 5 without the windows shaking
 
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facebook marketplace

The Roksan wasn't particularly cheap at £900(£1200ish on ebay) but it is mint, the remote has never been used and I could collect it , it was however owned by a very nice guy who gave me a load of cables with it because he didn't need them any more , XLR cables, RCA interconnects

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this is one of them, I'm amazed what people pay for cables

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