- Location
- London
reading some of the stuff in some cycling mags I assume the next port of call for some of the journos is reviewing sex toys.
Meeting a High Priest of the world of hi-fi BS.
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- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
We are - properly too, unlike some of these new estates where detached houses are about a foot apart.
Glad you like the upgrades and really like the speakers
They are really nice sounding, just playing about today to get the distance from the back wall right before I put the spikes on. For quite small speakers they have a huge port on the back. Strange things they are too as they are designed to be sited parallel to the wall rather than toed-in - they have a wide dispersion field which seems to work as even when listening off-axis the wall of sound remains intact. Danish designers - clever. Interestingly, even at relatively low volumes the sound can be heard very clearly throughout the whole house which was not the case with the old kit. Still trying to get my head around that.
Talking of which.... i got bitten by the upgrade bug earlier this year. A Naim power amp secondhand.
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Its been a real treat since lockdown, hooked up to record deck too, even 'Rio' by Duran Duran got a play
That's a meaty looking beast!
That's a debate in itself!
I've not had tone controls for 18 years; the Sugden and this Cyrus don't have them and I have to say I've never felt the need. I notice that a few newer amp's don't have balance controls either; the Cyrus has them but they are relegated to the remote control.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
My hifi buffoonery started with a saturday job at uni, doing countless demos for punters, then after 5pm putting the high end kit on very loud. Couldn't afford any of it of course, but what a great job!
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
I don't often use the tone controls/filters but every now and then they are useful with some 'bad' recordings of songs I love, some 'harsh' digital recordings can be made more musical by switching in the 10Khz filter and giving it about 5 (on a level between 0 and 25) to just take away the treble nastiness that is on the recording.We are - properly too, unlike some of these new estates where detached houses are about a foot apart.
They are really nice sounding, just playing about today to get the distance from the back wall right before I put the spikes on. For quite small speakers they have a huge port on the back. Strange things they are too as they are designed to be sited parallel to the wall rather than toed-in - they have a wide dispersion field which seems to work as even when listening off-axis the wall of sound remains intact. Danish designers - clever. Interestingly, even at relatively low volumes the sound can be heard very clearly throughout the whole house which was not the case with the old kit. Still trying to get my head around that.
That's a meaty looking beast!
That's a debate in itself!
I've not had tone controls for 18 years; the Sugden and this Cyrus don't have them and I have to say I've never felt the need. I notice that a few newer amp's don't have balance controls either; the Cyrus has them but they are relegated to the remote control.
Likewise my use of the old 303's as Poweramps, they're not as powerful as later 'current dumping' models but fairly recently they have become more popular as far more 'musical' than the later models although their unique design (power limited supply rails) means that if one channel has a partictularly loud bit it will reduce the power available to the other channel (on the upside the Amp will survive a 'dead short' across its output with no damage) I've got around this by using 2 of them wired as 2 channel 'monoblocks' where the output of the Preamp is commoned to the inputs of each 303 and the Tweeter and Woofer of each speaker is wired independently (known as 'horizontal Bi-Amping' as opposed to 'vertical Bi-amping' where one drives the Tweeters and the others the main drivers)
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I know separates and speakers are great for the connoisseurs, but afraid I don't like clutter so have one of these. Really pleased with the sound it produces and the various inputs. Will do me for the foreseeable.
https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/ruark-r5
https://www.whathifi.com/reviews/ruark-r5
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Tone controls are for bootleg cassettes of concerts. I always leave the treble and bass flat out of respect for the producer on properly recorded music, although loudness can come in handy for late night, low volume listening. But I have headphones so can't remember the last time I switched the loudness on. Balance is useful depending on the layout of my lounge (I like to change the location of the sofa and armchairs)... i wish it was on my remote control unit.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
Of its kind, that's a very fine thing indeed.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
yeah but the sound does lack a little verve and insight
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Lol.......as I say, I’m not an audiophile, so can’t say I’ve noticed!yeah but the sound does lack a little verve and insight
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
maybe it's the reviewers CD collection that lacks the Verve and Insight (just googled it, there is a band called Insight)Lol.......as I say, I’m not an audiophile, so can’t say I’ve noticed!
accountantpete
OAP
I was on the look out for a new amp - the old NAD 3020i was sounding a bit dated - and after demoing likely replacements I eventually found one that was the perfect balance between affordabilty and sound quality and also miles better than the NAD.
These are the TDA8932 boards - left and right.
Enough power to deafen next-door, great bass and generally very easy on the ear - all for princely sum £3 the pair (they do need a couple of laptop power bricks and a volume control Pot as well).
These are the TDA8932 boards - left and right.
Enough power to deafen next-door, great bass and generally very easy on the ear - all for princely sum £3 the pair (they do need a couple of laptop power bricks and a volume control Pot as well).
captain nemo1701
Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
- Location
- Bristol
My set up has a fairly ordinary HDMI cable, not your gold-plated ones built by NASA for the ISS which can process data at warp speed, just an ASDA cheapie. Picture is fantastic, sound equally good and I have just basic cabling from Richer Sounds (nice bloke let me have final few metres free as it was almost the end of the reel). So I've concluded that the upper-end stuff is marketing BS for people with more cash than sense.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
In which case you don’t want a review that says it soaks up the buzz.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
At £1000 it’s going to sound great.
the law of diminishing returns applies to everything, even hifi.
