Audiophiles hifi appreciation thread old and new

Beautiful speakers!

They're great! we listened to more expensive Dali's and slightly cheaper ones, but we kept coming back to the Spektor - very warm, bass is quite in your face but in a good way - they just seemed to have a lot of character

I think i am going to sell on the Tube Technology Unisis.

if anyone is interested in an awesome valve integrated with a great phono stage stage, let me know.

Annoyed - my HK 402 has broken again, 3 weeks after getting it back from the repair guy and just after I'd got some additional speakers (Rogers rs7 to run in parallel with my celestion ul6).

It was all sounding so good for those few weeks, and now I'm back to the nad as a backup (which doesn't cut it by comparison).

Rant over...

Oh no, how come you're shifting it - too much valve heat for the hot summer months?!

I got the chance to try something I really wanted to try. I could also do with the money to finish my car.

The heat is an issue for my wife, but I think it is safe. It certainly sounds amazing.

Dude... Don't do it. Stay away from drugs. Its a gateway to more.

Anyone looking for a pair of floorstanders? I have ProAc Studio 125 spare. They are very good for the £300 I would like. Some fading and small marks but sound just as they should. Can supply pics to anyone interested

Is there a thing that could, via the household WiFi, stream digital radio and play mp3s off of a laptop that was in sleep mode (but also on the WiFi)?

Ideally cheap as it's for the child. She doesn't need high end stuff yet.

laptop that was in sleep mode

Not if it's asleep.
If you can tell the laptop to not go to sleep then put something like Plex on it and that'll open up your options a bit.

Alternatively, Spotify and Alexa. I've got an echo I need to sell as it happens. Also got an old Bose radio and an echo dot that I plugged into it. And a Logitech UE Air with an echo dot. Lemme know if you're interested in anything and I'll locate them.

One issue I with a lot of this type of streaming device is that if you're not using a phone/tablet/tv the interface is pretty shit. Choosing mp3s using a remote or buttons on a device can be hard work.

If you are using a phone/tablet/tv then you might as well use that as the player.

(Also you're not going to get anything off the laptop whilst it's asleep).

I'm moving and want to have a more compact audio setup.

At the moment I've got two floor standing mission speakers and a Pioneer amp.

Listen mainly to Death metal, hip hop and blues. Don't need anything too loud as I have a parrot in the living room.

I'm looking for something with Bluetooth/Spotify connection. Single unit or a pair of active speakers. I'm looking at the Bose sound wave 20 or 30. I want to spend around £300 but if something was much better than the competition I could spend a bit more.

I don't want to look into it too much as when I do I end up justifying silly expensive purchases (see my spending on my Bob Jackson build).

A pair of Sonos One's?

They pair wirelessly and t'internet reckons two One's is better than one Play 5

Always try and go stereo over a single box thing. It's just much better.

https://www.ruarkaudio.com/products/mr1-bluetooth-speaker-system

Or Kanto/Audioengine active's.

I'd be tempted by Revo or Ruark, certainly over the Bose.

The Revo outlet store has a lot of good deals if you keep and eye on it. This for instance (albeit slightly over budget) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Revo-SuperSystem-Internet-DAB-Radio-DAB-FM-Alarm-Clock-Spotify-BLUETOOTH/323279795233

That looks nice, rather large though. Maybe I need to get down to an audio shop to check some out. I do like the lack of Amazon on the Revo and £400 is manageable.

And the go for 4.1 over 2...

Then 5.2... Then 7.2.... Then 9.2

2 channel or nothing in the audiophile thread!

If I watch a movie, it better be audiophilic

A pair of the libratones (large if the budget stretches) is a good alternative to Sonos. 2 of the Sonos one's is a good option though. The trutone room tuning seems to work quite well.

I have a superconnect, it’s a pretty good little box and I reckon that big one will sound excellent.

The trutone room tuning

Yes

Got this in the post recently.

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Where from, do you mind me asking?

I have one (thanks to @BRM) but am looking at childproofing some more stuff and another would be useful!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/plasticonline.ltd?ul_noapp=true