worth getting seperates?

Corasik · 15 May 2006 at 23:25

DRZ said:
Thats three.

Unless you meant the Kef/Audiolab thing as a joke, we know that only the deaf buy kit like that

Whats wrong with Audiolab, my Tag Preamp+ Audiolab 8000M's driving my Mission 753 freedoms sounds great.

Unless you mean the new £400 IAG/China/Audiolab's

Matblack · 15 May 2006 at 23:26

Corasik said:
Whats wrong with Audiolab, my 8000M's sound great with my Mclaren preamp, and sound great driving my Mission 753 freedoms.

Unless you mean the new £400 IAG/China/Audiolab's

He's joking, to wind me up, coz hes a git

MB

DRZ · 15 May 2006 at 23:35

Matblack said:
He's joking, to wind me up, coz hes a git

MB

Yeah, for a second there I forgot two things:

1) There isnt just you and I here...

2) People take my posts seriously...

tom_nieto · 16 May 2006 at 00:05

Gotta love the Cyrus.

dalex · 16 May 2006 at 00:09

my missions and kefs were both recomended by what hifi and they got them right
dave

Mundu · 16 May 2006 at 00:51

I've got an EMU 0404, Cambridge Azur 540A and Wharfedale speakers. I basically bought them blind as I wasn't able to get of the house and had never heard any seperates system before. When I first got them I wasn't really astonished although I could tell the difference from onboard sound and some cheap labtech speakers but over time I've really been able to tell the difference in quality.

I'd give you one piece of advice don't listen to reviews go out and listen to different pieces of equipment and trust your ears.

I actually still haven't heard another seperates system apart from my own yet and I've had my system for over a year! My thinks I should go and book a listening.

tom_nieto · 16 May 2006 at 01:04

What Hi-fi do get things right, although they also can be very misleading and often change their mind. One thing that gets me is how certain components seem to get worse. Fair enough newer better things come out, but one month they'll rave about them, the next they'll rubbish them.

Elzar · 18 May 2006 at 01:19

Matt said:
Look at Cyrus. There's definatly not enough Cyrus love on these forums!

Too right.

tom_nieto said:
Gotta love the Cyrus.

Too right.

My system.

Regarding compression, I'll make a post about that soon (need a little more testing) unless it has already been talked about to death.

DRZ · 18 May 2006 at 02:26

Elzar said:
Regarding compression, I'll make a post about that soon (need a little more testing) unless it has already been talked about to death.

Well, I ran a blind test on these forums. Results werent too hot on the "being able to tell" front

peteruk · 27 May 2006 at 17:36

DRZ said:
... in your shoes I would be doing roughly what peteruk did (bar his amp choice ) so have a search for his posts here...

Wooo that's me! :cool:

Thread where I was deciding what to get.

and

Thread talking about the 'after-effects' of what I bought.

Hope they're of some use!

P.S. DRZ is a Hi-Fi pro, heed his vast knowledge.

peteruk · 27 May 2006 at 17:40

DRZ said:
(bar his amp choice )

Oh come on, it's great for £25!

Just 'cause it's a Sonic-T

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poltergeist666 · 30 May 2006 at 18:04

james.miller said:
never trust whatHIFI, they only rate whoever pays them the most that month.

I 2nd that - used to buy it in the eighties, and it has been in a steady decline ever since.

You can speed read it in 3 mins now. Total tat.