Anyone have experience of Tangent systems? I'm looking for seperates rather
than a hi-fi system and for £299 this looks tempting. It would also save me
the hassle of trying to 'pick 'n mix' components.
Would like to hear your feedback on this.

http://tinyurl.com/66vou

AberTech wrote:
Anyone have experience of Tangent systems? I'm looking for seperates rather
than a hi-fi system and for £299 this looks tempting. It would also save me
the hassle of trying to 'pick 'n mix' components.
Would like to hear your feedback on this.

http://tinyurl.com/66vou



Looks to be a lot for your money. I've no experience of these particular
units - apparently (from reviews) the Denon mini systems are about the
best at this sort of thing - the Denon DM31S came out best in a recent
Which? micro system test.

And a lot may depend on the speakers - cheaper Mission speakers tend to
be quite good. Take a look at Richer Sounds.

Rob

"Rob" wrote in message
...
AberTech wrote:
Anyone have experience of Tangent systems? I'm looking for seperates
rather
than a hi-fi system and for £299 this looks tempting. It would also save
me
the hassle of trying to 'pick 'n mix' components.
Would like to hear your feedback on this.

http://tinyurl.com/66vou



Looks to be a lot for your money. I've no experience of these particular
units - apparently (from reviews) the Denon mini systems are about the
best at this sort of thing - the Denon DM31S came out best in a recent
Which? micro system test.

And a lot may depend on the speakers - cheaper Mission speakers tend to be
quite good. Take a look at Richer Sounds.

Rob

The Mission M71 standmount speakers were bloody amazing for £130 three or
four years ago, now for £60 from RS they are a steal. I just hope that they
are in stock. A problem I have often found with RS is that their tastiest
bargains are often out of stock, "Would you like to look at this better one
instead sir ...".

Dave W.

AberTech wrote:

Anyone have experience of Tangent systems? I'm looking for seperates rather
than a hi-fi system and for £299 this looks tempting. It would also save me
the hassle of trying to 'pick 'n mix' components.
Would like to hear your feedback on this.

http://tinyurl.com/66vou

Both sets of Tangent speakers *look* as though they would
sound horrible.

--
Eiron.

Looks to be a lot for your money. I've no experience of these
particular units - apparently (from reviews) the Denon mini systems
are about the best at this sort of thing - the Denon DM31S came out
best in a recent Which? micro system test.

And a lot may depend on the speakers - cheaper Mission speakers tend
to be quite good. Take a look at Richer Sounds.

Rob

The Mission M71 standmount speakers were bloody amazing for £130
three or four years ago, now for £60 from RS they are a steal. I just
hope that they are in stock. A problem I have often found with RS is
that their tastiest bargains are often out of stock, "Would you like
to look at this better one instead sir ...".

Dave W.

I've thought about:

1. the Denon DM31 at £180 plus some floorstander speakers.

2. Richer sounds package of Cambridge AUDIO CD34 CD Player + Cambridge
Audio A5 Amplifier + Mission M71i speakers at £249. Maybe buying a
receiver later. Those M71's aren't floorstanders though which is what I'm
really after.. I wonder if RS would let me upgrade the speakers...

3. An 'all-in-one' package like the Tangent but still seperates rather than
something like a mini hi-fi.

It looks the usual pile of ****e that has as much to do with making music as
Mcdonalds do with producing real food.

sorry


"Rob" wrote in message
...
AberTech wrote:
Anyone have experience of Tangent systems? I'm looking for seperates
rather
than a hi-fi system and for £299 this looks tempting. It would also
save me
the hassle of trying to 'pick 'n mix' components.
Would like to hear your feedback on this.

http://tinyurl.com/66vou



Looks to be a lot for your money. I've no experience of these particular
units - apparently (from reviews) the Denon mini systems are about the
best at this sort of thing - the Denon DM31S came out best in a recent
Which? micro system test.

And a lot may depend on the speakers - cheaper Mission speakers tend to
be quite good. Take a look at Richer Sounds.

Rob

AberTech wrote:
1. the Denon DM31 at £180 plus some floorstander speakers.

No.

2. Richer sounds package of Cambridge AUDIO CD34 CD Player +
Cambridge Audio A5 Amplifier + Mission M71i speakers at £249. Maybe
buying a receiver later. Those M71's aren't floorstanders though
which is what I'm really after.. I wonder if RS would let me upgrade
the speakers...

Yes

3. An 'all-in-one' package like the Tangent but still seperates
rather than something like a mini hi-fi.

No.


--
Teal'c: "Dr Jackson's preliminary electroencephalogram proved anomalous"
O'Neill: "I dare you to say that again"

Tim S Kemp wrote:
AberTech wrote:
1. the Denon DM31 at £180 plus some floorstander speakers.

No.

Ok, but...may I ask why? Is it the Denon itself (supposed to have good
reviews) or the speaker type?

2. Richer sounds package of Cambridge AUDIO CD34 CD Player +
Cambridge Audio A5 Amplifier + Mission M71i speakers at £249. Maybe
buying a receiver later. Those M71's aren't floorstanders though
which is what I'm really after.. I wonder if RS would let me upgrade
the speakers...

Yes

I guess I am edging towards this myself.

3. An 'all-in-one' package like the Tangent but still seperates
rather than something like a mini hi-fi.

No.

I take it Tangent don't have a good name then? Or are a 'no-name' when it
comes to audio....

"AberTech" wrote in message
...
Tim S Kemp wrote:
AberTech wrote:
1. the Denon DM31 at £180 plus some floorstander speakers.

No.

Ok, but...may I ask why? Is it the Denon itself (supposed to have
good
reviews) or the speaker type?

2. Richer sounds package of Cambridge AUDIO CD34 CD Player +
Cambridge Audio A5 Amplifier + Mission M71i speakers at £249.
Maybe
buying a receiver later. Those M71's aren't floorstanders though
which is what I'm really after.. I wonder if RS would let me
upgrade
the speakers...

Yes

I guess I am edging towards this myself.

3. An 'all-in-one' package like the Tangent but still seperates
rather than something like a mini hi-fi.

No.

I take it Tangent don't have a good name then? Or are a 'no-name'
when it
comes to audio....



First time round - about 30 years ago - Tangent had a very good name.
The company was set up by a chap who's name was - I think - Greenwood,
and who was by profession an opera singer. They were based near
Cambridge, finally at Bar Hill.

My father-in-law still has a pair of their TM1 floorstanders on which
he plays mainly classical organ music. Very nice they are too.


--
Woody

harrogate2 at ntlworld dot com

Gary wrote:
It looks the usual pile of ****e that has as much to do with making
music as Mcdonalds do with producing real food.

sorry

Ok. Thanks for your feedback.

How important is the name when buying audio products? As in manufacturers
name vs product specs?