first system advice

hello everbody im looking at buying an amp cd and speakers. im looking at sugden a21 pureclass amp and power amp or nva. speakers ive seen deals with are proac d15 £1000 ruarc sabre 3 for£325 both new ive not concidered the cd player yet

 

Hello Ocean,
How about my trichord genesis Cd player as advertised today has built in dac if you cannot afford to go for marantz dac could offer you good deal as forum member.
Hope you find what you are looking for in sound quality
best wishes
John

 

Hi.

Room size? What sort of music do you tend to listen to?

 

do you have a computer?

Id seriously consider getting a logitech squeezebox (google it or do a forum search).

I will never go back to a boggo cd player of any price.

Also, they're quite inexpensive, and all you'd need is active speakers, or a power amp and some speakers.

Get any stands/supports/cables second hand and as cheap as possible, just to get you going.


as an example, look at these high quality studio monitors (have the amps built in). Just get some basic stands, and a squeezebox.

Neat, easy and sounds fantastic. Really.

Active Studio Monitors:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Adam-S1A-Pair...ryZ23786QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dynaudio-BM12...ryZ23786QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem


squeezebox

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Logitech-...ryZ81741QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

 

I noticed pcworld are now sending out emails about the squeezebox! Looks set to take over the world!

 

probably right.....

....but I would say I was highly surprised at the difference a heavy duty pair of stands made to my Ruarks.

Astonished actually.

 

i'd also recommend the squeezebox. there are also a number of integrated amps with built in dacs as well from accuphase, esoteric, naim, bryston and possibly others. most of these can be found for arround the £1000 price mark 2nd hand and cater for most musical tastes. speakers are a very personal choice though and probably along with the room you put the kit in and their positioning contribute most to the character of the sound. i'd suggest lots of demoing to see which brands do what you like and then trawl the 2nd hand sites until you find a bargain.

 

hey that's too good for the first system, we've all started with some crap!

 

There's an Accuphase with DAC on sale here.

 

shhh, i'm hoping that lee's amp will stay arround until i've moved and can have a listen to it in my system.

 

I'm hoping for the opposite. I.e. I want someone to remove the temptation for me. Hurry up and move!!!

 

I'll second that Dev.