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[phil_hg_uk]

All sorts.

Did like the Tivoli but then i got looking in Richer Sounds

But of course then there is Sonos which i really like the idea of

If i go down the whole new system route it will mean some new furniture as well

I tend to take my time over these things.

If it is any help I just got the Cambridge CXA60 from richer sounds on friday it is also currently on offer at £499.
I compared it to the Marantz PM6005 and the Cambridge Audio 651 in their demo room and it wiped the floor with both of them easily but use the optical inputs as they are far far superior to the analogue inputs the DAC built into it is a very high quality one. When I was listening to some of my fav music I was picking out things in it that I just hadn't noticed before and the chap at the shop demoing it was also of the opinion that it was easily every bit as good at the Arcam A19 which is £200 more and has no digital inputs and no tone controls.

I had an Arcam Alpha 7 before that ( which I still have ), I got that 22 years ago and I still have the Marantz CD67SE cd player I got 20 years ago and works perfectly.

The Cambridge is awesome it has all the usual Analogue inputs plus 2 x Optical 1 x Coax and Bluetooth and it also has tone controls which I wanted. I got it over the Arcam A19 for a few reasons the Arcam is £200 more, the Arcam has no digital inputs which is bobbins for a £700 amp and it has no tone controls, as I have a 30% hearing loss at some frequencies I wanted the option of tone controls.

I have it matched to a pair of B&W 685 S1 speakers I got a few weeks ago off ebay they where £146 the current S2 models cost £500 so they were a bargain & as far as I can tell sonically a perfect match with the Cambridge.

At the moment another nice set of speakers I would recommend testing are the KEF Q300 I haven't heard them but the reports I have read are very good but I just prefer B&W I have always had B&W Speakers and I also still have a set of B&W DM601 on the HiFi in the bedroom.

If you hadnt guessed HiFi is one of my things when I was a kid we had a HiFi exibition in Harrogate every year for a week and I was there all day everyday playing with all the expensive stuff so if you want any advice just ask

Edit: Oh I didnt see you mentioned furniture, I also just got an Off The Wall Contour cabinet which just about holds all my kit, it was supposed to be £279 but the Coop had a couple of oak finish ones on ebay for £219 brand new so I got one of those.

 

[Stephenite]

@phil_hg_uk a photo of your hi-fi, with bike and mirror and you've got a winner!

 

[phil_hg_uk]

@phil_hg_uk a photo of your hi-fi, with bike and mirror and you've got a winner!

I know that's why there isn't one

 

[Stephenite]

I just don't get it. I'd give my right arm to win this competition. My theme would be: your bike... and snow. Whatever time of year.

 

[Katherine]

Drinking coffee and smiling as I read this, in Warwick services.
Been driving in bright sunshine up till now and it's raining here. I've half a mind to turn round.

 

[Hill Wimp]

If it is any help I just got the Cambridge CXA60 from richer sounds on friday it is also currently on offer at £499.
I compared it to the Marantz PM6005 and the Cambridge Audio 651 in their demo room and it wiped the floor with both of them easily but use the optical inputs as they are far far superior to the analogue inputs the DAC built into it is a very high quality one. When I was listening to some of my fav music I was picking out things in it that I just hadn't noticed before and the chap at the shop demoing it was also of the opinion that it was easily every bit as good at the Arcam A19 which is £200 more and has no digital inputs and no tone controls.

I had an Arcam Alpha 7 before that ( which I still have ), I got that 22 years ago and I still have the Marantz CD67SE cd player I got 20 years ago and works perfectly.

The Cambridge is awesome it has all the usual Analogue inputs plus 2 x Optical 1 x Coax and Bluetooth and it also has tone controls which I wanted. I got it over the Arcam A19 for a few reasons the Arcam is £200 more, the Arcam has no digital inputs which is bobbins for a £700 amp and it has no tone controls, as I have a 30% hearing loss at some frequencies I wanted the option of tone controls.

I have it matched to a pair of B&W 685 S1 speakers I got a few weeks ago off ebay they where £146 the current S2 models cost £500 so they were a bargain & as far as I can tell sonically a perfect match with the Cambridge.

At the moment another nice set of speakers I would recommend testing are the KEF Q300 I haven't heard them but the reports I have read are very good but I just prefer B&W I have always had B&W Speakers and I also still have a set of B&W DM601 on the HiFi in the bedroom.

If you hadnt guessed HiFi is one of my things when I was a kid we had a HiFi exibition in Harrogate every year for a week and I was there all day everyday playing with all the expensive stuff so if you want any advice just ask

Edit: Oh I didnt see you mentioned furniture, I also just got an Off The Wall Contour cabinet which just about holds all my kit, it was supposed to be £279 but the Coop had a couple of oak finish ones on ebay for £219 brand new so I got one of those.

Cambridge are very good, i have had their stuff before from Richer Sounds.

As you are a HiFi nut tell me what you think of Sonos ?

Most of my music now is in one cloud or another, appalling to some i know but there it is. We have recently had a brilliant independant Record shop open up in the town and it has sort of reinvigorated thoughts towards vinyl again but i am not sure. I like the idea of being able to have music all over the house
which Sonos would give me.

 

[Hill Wimp]

I just don't get it. I'd give my right arm to win this competition. My theme would be: your bike... and snow. Whatever time of year.

Post a reflection of your bike in a Glacier before next week and you've won then set the snow challenge................................... cause i'll never win that one

 

[phil_hg_uk]

I just don't get it. I'd give my right arm to win this competition. My theme would be: your bike... and snow. Whatever time of year.

I am only pulling your leg

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Cambridge are very good, i have had their stuff before from Richer Sounds.

As you are a HiFi nut tell me what you think of Sonos ?

Most of my music now is in one cloud or another, appalling to some i know but there it is. We have recently had a brilliant independant Record shop open up in the town and it has sort of reinvigorated thoughts towards vinyl again but i am not sure. I like the idea of being able to have music all over the house
which Sonos would give me.

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Sonos is ok if you want the convenience of multiroom but I have moved away from MP3's I want the quality of CD's and I find MP3's are just too low quality for my taste. You cant really compare sonos stuff with amps like this they are 2 totally different things all together. You should setup an appointment in the demo room at Richer Sounds and compare a few amps and you will see what I mean, or not these things are very subjective its like comparing saddles everyone has their favorite. Cambridge also do a network/MP3 player it is the Cambridge CXN but it isn't really anything like the Sonos.

Some other speakers the guy at richer sounds mentioned to me are the ROKSAN KANDY K2 TR5 but they are a bit rich for my blood at nearly £900 and they don't sell B&W's there so I took my speakers along to the demo and I am glad I did.

 

[BigAl68]

Lunch with my amazing mum. Craft beer and pizza.

 

[Lullabelle]

For the benefit of innocent bystanders...
- SatNav wondered if it might be worth having two threads, so that folks interested in mainly the images didn't have to search through pages of waffle to find them
- SatNav suggested this idea, and one or two others thought it might work, so she copied over the photos from the last competition into a new thread, intending just to try out the idea
- lots of other people then noticed the change and threw their toys out of the pram said they'd take their bat and ball home didn't like the idea
- so now we are back as we were (with the possibility of a 2nd thread that just summarises the competitions and their winners but that only the elves (me, summerdays, SatNav) need to post in by copying posts over

That make sense, thank you for that. I don't get chance to keep up so I just lost the plot

I rather like the waffle that goes with the pictures but I do understand @SatNavSaysStraightOn reasoning. Although TBH I get easily confused if there are too many threads

 

[TVC]

Hello wife, I'm at Oxford services

 

[Lullabelle]

View attachment 101746 view out the office window

Our office doesn't have a window

 

[Lullabelle]

Hello wife, I'm at Oxford services

Hello husband

What are you having for lunch

 

[TVC]

Hello husband

What are you having for lunch

The usual, Zinger meal.