"Glenn Richards" wrote in message
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Doki wrote:

I noticed today in John Lewis that they had no hifi or hifialike gear for
sale at all. Loads of digital radios, mp3 players and sets of little
speakers that ipods fit onto, but no mini systems or seperates at all.

That's been the case for some time. You want "proper" hi-fi then get
yourself to somewhere like Sevenoaks Hi-Fi. Or even Richer Sounds for
budget to mid-range stuff.

Granted, but not that long ago, most people would have had some sort of
mini-system that approximated a hifi - decent sized bookshelf speakers and a
reasonable amount of power behind them. Putting aside the fact that they're
not *proper* hifis, they made a far better stab at it than a hell of a lot
of the current stuff. There was some hope of producing some reasonable bass
and some stereo seperation.

OTOH with a lot of the mass market kit at the moment, there's very little
hope of getting either of those.