"Serge Auckland" wrote

Its revised my views completely, my advice to anyone looking for good
sound on the cheap would/will be 'build a pair of speakers and then chuck
any old kit at them' - I reckon you could get a superb tuner/CDP system
going for less than 200 quid!!


This reminds of the ludicrous situation that was common in the mid
eighties when Linn in particular suggested a Linn-Ittok-Asak combination
for use with a little Nytech or NAIM amp and Linn Kan 'speakers. The
results were truly horrible entirely due to the appalling 'speakers. I
really felt for people who had wasted their money in that way but what
could a layman do when every mag recommended such folly.


Missed that era - too busy working (and misbehaving) to worry about *hifi*!!
(Which is how I managed to avoid getting swept up in the 'CD - perfect sound
forever' mass hysteria!!)



When I was in retail at the time I tried to fight against it, putting
'speakers first, then decent amplification and a CD player, but went bust
for my pains. Ah well.....


For some strange reason most dealers and punters put the emphasis on the
amplifier and call it the *heart* of the system - this day and age, it's the
*last* thing to worry about, as has been noted in this thread (and others)
recently!!

........Unless it's got blue LEDs, of course....!! ;-)