The ‘Modern Hi-Fi’ thread....

[Markymark]

My Bose sounds great, so how much better can The Thompson Twins possibly sound?

Answers on a postcard to The Really Obvious Joke Society.

 

[raleighnut]

Bose always 'sounds' great, but I agree. If you're looking for reference or accuracy it's not the best, but Bose does make music that makes your foot tap....
Horses for courses.

Yep, ideal for pubs/clubs but having heard several in domestic situations it's a very 'tiring' sound. Mind you the people who think Bang & Olufsen are 'HiFi' are even more deluded.

 

[Dave7]

It’s awesome. I just press button 5 on top of it and it randomly plays some 30 hours of 80s classics!

I didnt realise the 80s had enough good music to last 30 minutes .
Now if it played 60s classics.
(That was, of course, an old farts comment).

 

[Bonefish Blues]

This is what I bought to play through some fairly decent kit using an offboard DAC. I honestly can't tell the difference between a CD recorded on here in a lossless format and the original CD. Clever piece of equipment.

http://www.novafidelity.co.uk/x12features/

 

[Davos87]

I’ve got an old Sony stacker system and I’m thinking of binning it for an upgrade.
I haven’t got a massive budget but been looking at the Denon DM41 and pairing it with a pair of Dali Zensor 1 speakers. I’ve looked at a lot of reviews and have yet to read a negative one about this particular piece of kits build quality, sound, functionality and reliability at this price point. Also been looking at the Marantz CR11 but some say the wifi is unreliable and keeps
dropping out. Anyone had a Denon?
Will link one of the reviews later.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/denon-d-m41dab

 

[Fab Foodie]

This is what I bought to play through some fairly decent kit using an offboard DAC. I honestly can't tell the difference between a CD recorded on here in a lossless format and the original CD. Clever piece of equipment.

http://www.novafidelity.co.uk/x12features/

Interesting.....

 

[Fab Foodie]

@Markymark in the 80s.....

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Interesting.....

It is - I'm huge impressed - I have 1,000+ CDs recorded on the hard disk, with plenty room for more (2tb). Internet radio, streaming services, yada yada. I went this route as we had so very many CDs already.
It has become our primary source, using our Mark Levinson CD39 as a DAC, straight into a NAD S200 power amp, and then on to Zingali Overture .2S speakers. It's not outclassed IMHO.

 

[Markymark]

@Markymark in the 80s.....

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...90s and ..00s too

 

[sheddy]

Can anyone recommend a DAB Tuner ? (is the technology just too compromised ?)

 

[Salar]

I’ve got an old Sony stacker system and I’m thinking of binning it for an upgrade.
I haven’t got a massive budget but been looking at the Denon DM41 and pairing it with a pair of Dali Zensor 1 speakers. I’ve looked at a lot of reviews and have yet to read a negative one about this particular piece of kits build quality, sound, functionality and reliability at this price point. Also been looking at the Marantz CR11 but some say the wifi is unreliable and keeps
dropping out. Anyone had a Denon?

I had a Denon receiver in the past, was ok, but didn't last long.

The Dali speakers always get top reviews.

For real budget book shelf speakers you couldn't beat the discontinued Gale 3010s marketed by Richer Sounds a few years ago.
I've a pair somewhere, think they were only £40 new , bass is a bit thin but for the money ideal for a medium size room,in the office, man shed etc and should be cheap on fleabay

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I got a B&W Zeppelin a few years ago. Might not be saying much but it's the best quality hi-fi I've ever had.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I've got a Cambridge Audio CD and Amp (Topaz) connected to Eltax bookshelf speakers, I've tried moving the speakers a few times but the sound is still generally a tad dead / muffled.

Could it be down to the speaker wires being really long?

No. They can go to about 50,000 miles or something before discernible reduction in sound.

 

[raleighnut]

I've got a Cambridge Audio CD and Amp (Topaz) connected to Eltax bookshelf speakers, I've tried moving the speakers a few times but the sound is still generally a tad dead / muffled.

Could it be down to the speaker wires being really long?

No but if you're using 'bell wire' it won't help on long runs but I suspect the speakers are the main culprit.

 

[mustang1]

With Bose it certainly isn't sound quality.

I reckon Bose sound quality is pretty decent if you want to buy an all-in-one package. But if you want to, and have the time to, mix and match different components, testing them all out, then can get different sound for similar budget.