HiFi for £1K.....is it possible.
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Nibor
Bewildered
- Location
- Accrington
I am sure you could most likely richer sounds would bwe an ok starting point
T4tomo
Legendary Member
Yes their in house Cambridge Audio Amp stuff is cracking VFM. t
The other option rather than going full hi fi set up is to get a bluetooth turntable. a couple of hundred £ and hook up to existing bluetooth speakers? can also be wired through traditional amp and speakers
e.g. https://www.richersounds.com/hi-fi/hi-fi-separates/turntables.html?connectivity=118
cisamcgu
Legendary Member
- Location
- Merseyside-ish
Turntable : Rega planar 1 (£300)
Amplifier : Cambridge Audio AXA25 (£250)
Speakers : Dali Spektor (£219)
CD player : NAD 538 (£300)
Total : £1069
Amplifier : Cambridge Audio AXA25 (£250)
Speakers : Dali Spektor (£219)
CD player : NAD 538 (£300)
Total : £1069
Profpointy
Legendary Member
That doesn't sound bad at all. Is that new or SH?
One variant is not to bother with the CD player assuming you already have one in your PC, or if not got one built in a USB CD drive for a laptop for maybe £20. The built in sound of a PC is already quite good but a an excellent quality accessory DAC should be between £100 and £200. Once you've uploaded your CDs to the hard drive, and bear in mind it can retry for zero errors there's no advantage whatsoever in a hi fi CD player.
cisamcgu
Legendary Member
- Location
- Merseyside-ish
New prices
FishFright
More wheels than sense
Then save up for an arm that doesn't ring like a bell
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Very similar here at £829
Rega Planar 1
Rega io amplifier
Dali Spektor 2
Enough left in the kitty for some speaker stands (if needed) & cables.
Minus the CD in your list and with the much better Rega io amplifier.
https://dougbradyhifi.com/products/rega-planar-1-turntable-starter-system
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Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
I have no personal experience of the Dali's (they review well) but can vouch for the Rega turntable and amp. Excellent.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
I think sound per pound has changed a lot over the years - even at budget level you can get very acceptable quality these days.
My current set-up: Arcam rPlay (streamer) + Cyrus One + Dali Oberon 5 sounds terrific for <£2000 and much better than my previous combo that cost way more back in the late 90's.
Speakers in particular seem to give a lot more bang per buck than yesteryear.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
I think that you can get better for less, for sure - and with the advent of streaming, then it's possible to have many fewer boxes than previously - one-box systems have never been so good (or no-box systems, as below).
Until the money was diverted to treatment for one of our pets I was all set to buy a pair of these:
https://uk.kef.com/pages/ls60-wirel...euwonpvL4_9Ebn3i4nDxVaVI3IJMIzg0aAkDlEALw_wcB
...to replace CD, amp, existing speakers, soundbar, subwimbler and an absolute cats cradle of cabling.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Expensive pet!
If I ever bother to change my system again I would look at something like that - a brilliant solution.
Not wishing to open the source debate but why anyone bothers with CD's/vinyl these days is beyond me.
Spotify Premium for a tenner a month and you have a massive catalogue of music to keep your listening fresh as well as being able to access golden oldies.
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
