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Help with buying a Hi-Fi around 1.6m

 
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Beeyee



Joined: 29 May 2007

PostPosted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:54 pm    Post subject: Help with buying a Hi-Fi around 1.6m Reply with quote

I'm deciding to go all in after living with crappy e-mart speakers for the last few years. My current thought process is something along the lines of:

Marantz SA-7001-KI CD Player
Marantz PM-7001-KI Amp
Wharfedale Diamond 9.4 Speakers

That is coming in at around 1,600,000 with interconnects and speaker cable.

Any other options I should be looking at? I live in the sticks and it is difficult to audition so anyone with any experience would be great.

Thanks.
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eamo



Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

PostPosted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The great thing about modern hi-fi is that all the reputable hi-fi manufacturers are making great products at low prices these days. You can't really go wrong. A $1000 hi-fi in 2010 sounds as good as a $6000 hi-fi 20 years ago.

The only thing you can check is if your amp, CD player and speakers have a distinctive tonal characteristic. You wouldn't want to match all bright sounding components, or all lush sounding components together. You'll need to read a few expert reviews for that info.

One thing I can tell you for sure is that I have owned a few pairs of B&W speakers and they were all fantastic. Wharfdale have improved in recent years (they were awful all through the 90's).

Read the reviews....
http://www.audioreview.com/
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Beeyee



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for that.

Does anyone know if there is a certain area of Seoul that has Hi-Fi stores?
I could make a trip this weekend.
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