Audiophiles hifi appreciation thread old and new

Spotify isn't a problem I don't think, unless you want to talk to your speaker which is about the last thing I want to do, I'm perfectly happy getting my phone up

Also, speaking doesn't work with my memory. I struggle with remembering words, names and numbers but can recall images really well, so a visual way of selecting albums / songs is much better for me than going 'hey siri, play that song, you know from that album with the yellowish cover with really nice italicised type on, think it's track 3 maybe?'

I had one for a few years until it sparked out one morning and took out a pair of expensive bass drivers. Hard to say if the drivers were faulty and took out the amp but clearly the speaker protection circuit is faulty as the speakers let out the magic smoke which should never have happened.

If you still fancy one it was a decent kitchen system amp.

Have another look at the Pro-ject range, had a power supply fail on a little Project power amp after 10 years but it was pretty decent up to then. If you've not seen them irl they are tiny.

Ha, should have known you'd know your stuff... I looked at the Project stuff but the guys at the hifi shop told me they would not be powerful enough for my speakers? Plus I would need 2 boxes, but that might not be so bad...

@kboy I would have said the same until I used a Google home I bought for a relative for an eve... the idea of taking a device out your pocket, unlocking it, opening an app selecting a song then selecting airplay just feels crazy now compared to "Hey Google, play xxx", but also see your user case/point.

Also, swedish accent >>>>>

JESS HELLO SIRI CAN JU PLIS PLAY ABBA JESS?

I can't decide what I'd like to hear until I visually scan all my cds...

To my shame I usually just put iTunes on shuffle.

I really like my V1. Have it plugged into Linn Helix speakers, running off a Linn Axis through a Pro-Ject Tube Box II, and regularly use the Bluetooth and a Chromecast hooked up to the digital input. Sounds great to my ears, not far removed from the old 3150 I had before, but better clarity, and the connectivity on it is mental. I especially like that it'll turn itself on when I start playing through the Chromecast. Volume knob/display is a bit shit for the money, but I can live with that.

Addition of the phono stage for the V2 is nice, though I'd bemoan the loss of the additional 3.5 aux/digital-in and USB DAC

I only listen to Bootliquor FM (https://somafm.com/bootliquor/), but the wife uses Spotify...

Ohhhh do you ache any pics you could share? How do you switch between input sources, I may have missed that. Totally forgot about digital input (which is how I would connect my Airport I think? edit: Nah, but I have 1x 3.5 to 2 x 3.5 lead thing I use atm to connect to Aux).

Just realised this may do the job too...
https://www.sevenoakssoundandvision.co.uk/p-38741-nad-c-328-integrated-amplifier.aspx

Just this one to hand.

There are two touch sensitive buttons on the top for power and source switching, and the little remote does on, off, source, volume, skip and pause. Remote works well until the battery starts running low, then it gets really dodgy. V1 has both mini-toslink and toslink, V2 just toslink. Both should work with the auto-wakeup I think

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Ohhhhhh bloody sold! Looks nicer than I expected.

'tis a nice little box, for sure :)

home pods

???

It is bloody difficult picking what you want to listen to without seeing a library in front of you. My Amazon library has a few thousand artists, when I'm speaking to Alexa I can remember about four.

How heavy is that stone?

https://www.apple.com/uk/homepod/

Looks interesting... Not sure if it would fit under my rock... (Stone is the upgraded version no?)

Anyway, I have Chromecast and my original soundsystem so you can stick your apple

Few quick fire questions as I'm moving house and can probably upgrade my set up finally!

Has anyone switched from A Rega Planar 2 to a Linn Basic, I'm running a rega carbon on the rega, is upgrading the stylus a more efficient way to spend money compared to changing turntable and arm and then stylus?

Was someone on here selling a set of klipsch heresays say 1 year ago, what is current going rate in Uk? Is ebay the best place to look? or are they the sort of thing to look for on audiophile forums, if so where.

Finally, has anyone used the new cyrus one, does it out perform a clean second hand one or two?

I think it was BRM who recommended the paratrace stylus for the AT95E. I went down that road and I'll never go back to the elliptical shape. So my vote goes with stylus upgrade to something microline/shibata stylee before you change arms/deck. YMMV.

I went for @BRM 's Beresford Caiman 2 in the end, the sound improvement through the Headphones is vast.

Autocorrect, oddly enough as I’m on an apple device

Apple HomePod.