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.

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.

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.


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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....

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

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?

I think it depends on how much you are spending as regards the importance of
names. A cheap Technics/Denon etc is not much better than a Cheap budget
brand (of which there are many)

Remember that you get nothing for nothing in this world, and if a system is
offering a lot for a small price then something (normally build quality etc)
will be compromised......

The best thing to do is go and listen to these systems, take some of your
own music CD's etc along

If you want cheap gear then somewhere like richer sounds could be a place to
start, it may seem like a pain the bum but if you put some time in and
listen and perhaps assemble a separates system you could end up with
something reasonable

I hope this helps

Gary


"AberTech" wrote in message
...
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?

Gary wrote:
I think it depends on how much you are spending as regards the importance of
names. A cheap Technics/Denon etc is not much better than a Cheap budget
brand (of which there are many)

Remember that you get nothing for nothing in this world, and if a system is
offering a lot for a small price then something (normally build quality etc)
will be compromised......

The best thing to do is go and listen to these systems, take some of your
own music CD's etc along

If you want cheap gear then somewhere like richer sounds could be a place to
start, it may seem like a pain the bum but if you put some time in and
listen and perhaps assemble a separates system you could end up with
something reasonable

I hope this helps

Gary


Yep - have a listen, even in Currys or RS. I bought a Panasonic mini
system years ago, about £200 with speakers. I listened to several up to
£400 in Currys - my criteria was a line input for the computer; sound
quality; cd; radio; cassette; smallish. The Panasonic sounded streets
ahead of the rest - even though its 'ratings' (lowish 10W power) looked
poor.

This may be difficult for you with the floorstanding speaker preference
- I really don't think you're going to get very good speakers of this
type for your budget, best to get the tiddly Missions IMO.

Rob