The last time I bought any hi-fi was about 15 years ago, a Pink Triangle
deck with an RB300 arm and a Rega cartridge.

I had a Cyrus 1 amp and Celestion DL8 speakers, which are still going
strong.

A few years back, I gave in to the dreaded silver disks and got a really
cheap player.

I'm now looking at a new amp. cd player and speakers.

I see the old companies seem to have matured into professional outfits
(Creek, Rega, Musical Fidelity) and Pink has gone...

Everyone seems to be doing complete systems these days.

Anyway, I 'could' afford a Naim Nait 5 and CD5, or a Musical Fidelity
a3.2 amp and cd, but SevenOaks have the MF kit and Audio T do the Naim
stuff. So how can I get to compare the two systems.... All the Hi-Fi
shops in Reading are chain stores these days...

What I'd really like to do is compare both of those systems with a
Cambridge Audio Azur 640C amp and cd from Richer Sounds, just to see if
the more expensive set ups really are 4 times better... there are always
other things to spend £1500 on.

Any suggestions? Any other kit I should consider?




PS How come valves are back again and what happened to the IncaTech
Claymore amp????


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Richard Markham