Knowing how much money you have to spend helps inform decisions about how best to spend it and what you can buy at that price.
If you have, for example, £150 to spend, I’d suggest that you would get more benefit from a DAC than a new CD player (assuming your CD player has a digital output to connect a DAC to).
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sloopjohnc wrote:Hodgson's Tears wrote:jimboo wrote:Source first , always. I would change the speakers next as they are awful.
They were top of the range in 1996!
Yeah, but so were you.
Not bad, for you.
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Hugh wrote:Knowing how much money you have to spend helps inform decisions about how best to spend it and what you can buy at that price.
If you have, for example, £150 to spend, I’d suggest that you would get more benefit from a DAC than a new CD player (assuming your CD player has a digital output to connect a DAC to).
OK - thanks. I'll look into it.
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At around that price I’d recommend the Cambridge Audio DACMagic shown here at £169
https://www.richersounds.com/hi-fi/separates/dacs.html
If you can spend more then there are other options that will provide bigger improvements.
https://www.richersounds.com/hi-fi/separates/dacs.html
If you can spend more then there are other options that will provide bigger improvements.
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I forgot about this thread, but then I can't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday either. Did Paul really say he spend eleven grand on a new rig? Now I'll never be king of BCB! And is John upgrading his system at the same time? No, I want all the spotlight on me!!
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I got this the other day. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XY ... UTF8&psc=1
But I've got no speakers to plug into it. For that reason I haven't even attempted to hook it up.
But I've got no speakers to plug into it. For that reason I haven't even attempted to hook it up.
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Wrong thread - sorry - so I deleted.
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Just sent the Denon receiver back. I ordered a Marantz receiver. I’ll tell you guys the specs when I get it.
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I had one of these on loan recently. Sounded absolutely wonderful and looks beautiful too.
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I'm just going to get some new speakers. Fuck all this jargon and high-end shit!
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BOLLY BEE wrote:I'm just going to get some new speakers. Fuck all this jargon and high-end shit!
Yeah, fuck it. It’s only music, it doesn’t matter what it actually sounds like
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Matt Wilson wrote: Did Paul really say he spend eleven grand on a new rig? Now I'll never be king of BCB!!
Only in dollars though Matt. A thoroughly reasonable 8 grand in pounds. Hey it's only money. Haven't got round to playing the White Album on it yet though
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Hugh wrote:I had one of these on loan recently. Sounded absolutely wonderful and looks beautiful too.
And it'll run virtually forever on a mere speck of dilithium crystal.
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