Hifi System - Advice?
Discussion
I am looking for a new seperates system and have narrowed it down to the following:
AMPLIFIERS:
Cambridge Audio Azur 650A
Marantz PM6003
NAD C326BEE
CD PLAYERS:
Cambridge Audio Azur 650C
Marantz CD6003
NAD C545BEE
SPEAKERS:
Wharfedale Diamond 10.1
Mordaunt-Short Mezzo 2
Mordaunt-Short Aviano
DALI Lektor 2
EB Acoustics EB1
B&W 685
Does anyone have any of these in their system or any reccomendations? I am leaning towards the Cambridge Audio and Mezzo 2 setup but am not 100% sure. I will be popping along to Richer Sounds on Saturday for a listen of that setup though but are the Mezzo 2's £150 better than the Wharfedales for example?
AMPLIFIERS:
Cambridge Audio Azur 650A
Marantz PM6003
NAD C326BEE
CD PLAYERS:
Cambridge Audio Azur 650C
Marantz CD6003
NAD C545BEE
SPEAKERS:
Wharfedale Diamond 10.1
Mordaunt-Short Mezzo 2
Mordaunt-Short Aviano
DALI Lektor 2
EB Acoustics EB1
B&W 685
Does anyone have any of these in their system or any reccomendations? I am leaning towards the Cambridge Audio and Mezzo 2 setup but am not 100% sure. I will be popping along to Richer Sounds on Saturday for a listen of that setup though but are the Mezzo 2's £150 better than the Wharfedales for example?
If you buy wisely s/h then if you don't like it you can resell for the same money (this way you can get to listen in your own home), give or take a little bit. SJobson is quite right there is a lot of bargain kit out there.
I notice from your profile that you are Shropshire/Somerset. I would suggest that you go to a 'good' dealer as well to listen, try
Creative Audio - Shrewsbury
Acton Gate Audio - Wrexham
Mike Manning - Taunton and Yeovil
The first two I have used and would highly recommend Acton Gate Audio
davidy
I notice from your profile that you are Shropshire/Somerset. I would suggest that you go to a 'good' dealer as well to listen, try
Creative Audio - Shrewsbury
Acton Gate Audio - Wrexham
Mike Manning - Taunton and Yeovil
The first two I have used and would highly recommend Acton Gate Audio
davidy
I've got the previous generation Cambridge Audio 640A and 640C hooked up to some old B&W 601 S2s and it makes a very nice system in my opinion. Works well across a range of music styles, packs a decent punch and serves my needs very nicely.
Just make sure you budget for some decent speak stands, speak cable and a good interconnector and get it properly set up to make the most of what you've got. Otherwise it's like drinking decent wine from a polystyrene cup!
But like others have said, spend some time listening to your music on different set-ups and see which one you like the most. As with many things in life, there's no absolute right or wrong, just what you like.
Just make sure you budget for some decent speak stands, speak cable and a good interconnector and get it properly set up to make the most of what you've got. Otherwise it's like drinking decent wine from a polystyrene cup!
But like others have said, spend some time listening to your music on different set-ups and see which one you like the most. As with many things in life, there's no absolute right or wrong, just what you like.
Fair advice, thank you all. I suppose I was hoping there may be a clear stand out system but it seems it is very room, music and ear dependent.
I am aware of Mike Manning and will pay a visit to him next week if possible, I will try Creative Audio at the weekend after Richer Sounds in Chester
I am aware of Mike Manning and will pay a visit to him next week if possible, I will try Creative Audio at the weekend after Richer Sounds in Chester
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