"SteveAl" wrote in message
ups.com...
I'm 'doing up' my office. Part of the deal with my wife is that I can
install a music system and therefore keep out of the living room even
more...
The last time I ventured into 'Hi-Fi' I bought an AVI CD/amp with Ruark
Talisman speakers. This has served us well for 10 or so years (and
continues to do so in the lounge).

I got all enthused about a pleasant, low key system to play mainly
accoustic folk and classical music. I read a few newsgroups and
magazines and they lead me, right or wrong, to buy a chinese valve amp
on Ebay. It's a single-ended 300B job, which I haven't received yet.

I'd like to build some horn-loaded speakers in the not too distant
future, but for now I'd like to buy a suitable, inexpensive pair of
used speakers (Ebay?). Can anyone suggest a suitable pair for a 9
watt/channel amp in my 17ft X 11ft room?

The other component I need is a CD player. I guess I could buy
something new like a Cambridge Azur job (or perhaps Arcam CD 73), but I
was wondering if used CD players of a slightly higher quality are a
sensible buy? Names like Cyrus, Naim, Marantz drift in from the mists
of time...

Any help with these would be appreciated.

**Ok, first off: NEVER, EVER buy your amp, before choosing your speakers.
Never ever. Speaker exert, by a long margin, the greatest effect on sound
quality. As such, they tend to be a very personal choice. ALWAYS choose your
speakers first. AFTER you choose your speakers (preferably, by listening in
your own room), then you can select an amplifier which will correctly
interface with those speakers.

Over to you.....


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Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au



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