Speaker suggestions for a budget system?
 

My speakers have broken, so I need to replace them, but I'm out of touch
with what's available nowadays. Can any of you suggest some models to listen
to? The rest of my system is:

Marantz CD-63 CD player
Denon TU-260L tuner
Dual CS 505-2 turntable
Mission Cyrus one amplifier

They're for classical music in a room about 7.5 by 3.5 metres. Thanks for
any advice you can offer.

Chris

Speaker suggestions for a budget system?
 

On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:35:31 GMT, "Chris Cox"
wrote:

My speakers have broken, so I need to replace them, but I'm out of touch
with what's available nowadays. Can any of you suggest some models to listen
to? The rest of my system is:

Marantz CD-63 CD player
Denon TU-260L tuner
Dual CS 505-2 turntable
Mission Cyrus one amplifier

They're for classical music in a room about 7.5 by 3.5 metres. Thanks for
any advice you can offer.

Chris


we really do need to know what you can spend - there is nothing
"budget" about the performance of the rest of that stuff.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

Speaker suggestions for a budget system?
 

"Chris Cox"
My speakers have broken, so I need to replace them, but I'm out of touch
with what's available nowadays. Can any of you suggest some models to
listen
to? The rest of my system is:

Marantz CD-63 CD player


** So you have a 25 year old CD player ?


They're for classical music in a room about 7.5 by 3.5 metres. Thanks for
any advice you can offer.


** Is that room carpeted and full of soft furniture and curtains ??

Or a modern, bare walled, polished timber floor reverberation chamber.



........ Phil

Speaker suggestions for a budget system?
 

In article ,
Chris Cox wrote:
My speakers have broken, so I need to replace them, but I'm out of touch
with what's available nowadays. Can any of you suggest some models to listen
to? The rest of my system is:

Marantz CD-63 CD player
Denon TU-260L tuner
Dual CS 505-2 turntable
Mission Cyrus one amplifier

They're for classical music in a room about 7.5 by 3.5 metres. Thanks for
any advice you can offer.

If your current speakers match the quality of the rest of the system why
not have them fixed? Cheaper than replacing.

--
*The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Speaker suggestions for a budget system?
 

On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:35:31 GMT, "Chris Cox"
wrote:

My speakers have broken, so I need to replace them, but I'm out of touch
with what's available nowadays. Can any of you suggest some models to listen
to? The rest of my system is:

Marantz CD-63 CD player
Denon TU-260L tuner
Dual CS 505-2 turntable
Mission Cyrus one amplifier

They're for classical music in a room about 7.5 by 3.5 metres. Thanks for
any advice you can offer.

What are the broken speakers? Were you satisfied with them?

Speaker suggestions for a budget system?
 

Thanks very much for your feedback. To answer your queries:

Don - Yes, my impression was that - by a mix of luck and good advice - I'd
hit on some respectable components but at a decent price. It'd be good to
buy these the same way, but before setting a budget, I'd like to explore
how much quality I can get for how much extra money. If you can suggest a
few options, it'll be extremely useful.

Phil - The CD player's about 10 years old - I think it's the mk II model?
but sadly not the KI. The furnishings are somewhere between your extremes -
curtains, one sofa, carpeted at the moment, but that may go in due course.

Dave, Laurence - My previous speakers were Acoustic Research AR18BX,
bought for a smaller room. I've always assumed they were the weakest link
but have never properly looked into it. Perhaps my first question might have
been "would you repair or replace them?"

Chris

Speaker suggestions for a budget system?
 

"Chris Cox" wrote in message
...
Thanks very much for your feedback. To answer your queries:

Don - Yes, my impression was that - by a mix of luck and good
advice - I'd
hit on some respectable components but at a decent price. It'd be
good to
buy these the same way, but before setting a budget, I'd like to
explore
how much quality I can get for how much extra money. If you can
suggest a
few options, it'll be extremely useful.

Phil - The CD player's about 10 years old - I think it's the mk II
model?
but sadly not the KI. The furnishings are somewhere between your
extremes -
curtains, one sofa, carpeted at the moment, but that may go in due
course.

Dave, Laurence - My previous speakers were Acoustic Research AR18BX,
bought for a smaller room. I've always assumed they were the weakest
link
but have never properly looked into it. Perhaps my first question
might have
been "would you repair or replace them?"

Chris




Simple answer: if you like (liked) the sound of the AR's then stick
with them.

Otherwise speakers are a very personal choice and you should listen
before you buy, or at least buy where you can take them back.

If you budget is tight look at www.richersounds.co.uk for as good
prices as you can get, or go look in your local good secondhand shop.
I saw a pair of B&W DM2's in one such last week for £70 - about a
quarter of their original price. OK these are a 20 year old model, but
for classical you will be hard pushed to beat them for shear
musicality. In secondhand also look at Rogers and (particularly)
Spendors.

Personally I have always liked the KEF sound - and I like classical as
well, but if you look at Richers don't turn away from the Tannoys or
Mourdant Short. If you have the space for floor standers (which will
give you the much more natural and deep bass of classical) you will
find TDL hard to beat.


--
Woody

harrogate3 at ntlworld dot com

Speaker suggestions for a budget system?
 

"Chris Cox"

Phil - The CD player's about 10 years old - I think it's the mk II model?


** I still use a Sony CDP101 sometimes that is now nearly 25 years old.


The furnishings are somewhere between your extremes -
curtains, one sofa, carpeted at the moment, but that may go in due course.


** If the carpet goes - so does all hope of respectable hi-fi.




......... Phil

Speaker suggestions for a budget system?
 

"Phil Allison" in
:

** I still use a Sony CDP101 sometimes that is now nearly 25 years old.

Don't know if you've seen this page;- it starts with 101! (I have a 308ESD)

[machine Japanese translation]
[can cancel the font download offer - you don't really need it]

The sony ES series CD player data mansion
http://tinyurl.com/36udtl
--
Ross