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Points: 17847 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 28 2011 at 10:27
Originally posted by oliverstoned oliverstoned wrote:

Not an easy request...i'd change the Bose but i feel that you're not ready to hear that.
Most preamplifiers are very costy! Why do you need a preamp?

I'd recommend a Nad CD player paired with a Nad integrated amp and a pair of bookshelf Mission on good stands and a full QED cable line. The cheaper musical system i can think about.

Edit: This is not the only option, there are alot of musical cheap CD players (mostly from England) that work such as Rega, Naim, Creek...
 
Thanks.....never said I needed a new CD player..the one I have now is very good. I've listened to Mission speakers before and I don't care for them much, they lack low end. Maybe I should have mentioned my system is in the lower level of my home which is basically our game/activity room and is about 1100sqft (about 102mē)...so small bookshelfs are not desirable for my setup.
 
Years back my father had a NAD cassette deck and it was the best equipment he owned, next to the Pioneer reel-reel deck, which I still have BTW....and works excellent.
 
My search continues...Thanks for the suggestion!
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Points: 6308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 28 2011 at 09:51
Not an easy request...i'd change the Bose but i feel that you're not ready to hear that.
Most preamplifiers are very costy! Why do you need a preamp?

I'd recommend a Nad CD player paired with a Nad integrated amp and a pair of bookshelf Mission on good stands and a full QED cable line. The cheaper musical system i can think about.

Edit: This is not the only option, there are alot of musical cheap CD players (mostly from England) that work such as Rega, Naim, Creek...

Edited by oliverstoned - February 28 2011 at 09:55
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Points: 17847 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 28 2011 at 09:43
Nice little system. I have never owned a tube amp, not sure I want to...but I am in the begining stages of looking for a new audio system. I am 47...so I have had my share of audio systems, and now I find myself just simply looking for a high end amp, pre-amp and speakers. My current receiver, Onkyo RC270 with THX and all that video stuff, just has too much stuff I don't use. I simply find myself listening to more of my vinyl in the past year and thought..."hey that's all I need right now!!"
I still use my Zune mp3 player a lot and CDs a lot especially in the car........So I will never abondon that media type.
 
So....what suggestions on a Amp, Pre-amp and Speakers? My current speakers are a Bose system with the Acoustimass bass module and dual swivel cube speakers.....I really enjoy the sound very much and plus with the cube speakers being that they are about 8" tall I can place them anywhere in the room if I want to change sound quickly....I do have them on pole stands.
 
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Points: 6308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 28 2011 at 07:28
So we still can be friends...
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 28 2011 at 07:26
Originally posted by oliverstoned oliverstoned wrote:





I'll not post anything anymore in the Tech talk section to avoid sterile polemics with jealous and/or ignorant people who think that they can make music out of a computer or that CD is superior to vinyl or that 24 bits technology solve all digital's musical issues, etc...
Phew, lucky I didn't qualify for any of those. LOL
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Points: 6308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 28 2011 at 05:19
For our US fellows, i just found this micro system that would be perfect for tiny rooms and budgets! Just need to add a decent source such as a first-price Nad CD player or a TT Rega P2 or P3 or even an Ipod playing uncompressed files (if nothing better is available), decent cables (such as QED ones, Wireworld) and you have a musical system.

http://www.aloaudio.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=429

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Points: 6308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 23 2011 at 13:29
Hello,

Actually i'm not in Paris,

rather deep into the country, in a remote location...
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Points: 652 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 23 2011 at 13:18
Hello oliver,

I live in Paris, would it be possible to experience your system someday? (if you're in Paris that is...)
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Points: 6308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 23 2011 at 08:46




I'll not post anything anymore in the Tech talk section to avoid sterile polemics with jealous and/or ignorant people who think that they can make music out of a computer or that CD is superior to vinyl or that 24 bits technology solve all digital's musical issues, etc...


So people who want to learn, who want to get real advice about Hifi, portable hifi, any question related to optimization, power cables, filters, any accessory, please PM and i'll be happy to freely share my knowledge. Any ironic message will be simply ignored.

BTW, two members from PA heard my hifi gear. Philippe heard my home system two times and was amazed, as well as Alucard who listened to my portable system (described here) last time we met for lunch in a restaurant in Paris and he was very impressed and told me that "he'd never think that one can get such sound from a portable set up". Then soon after he bought a Senn HP following my advices.

Period.







Edited by oliverstoned - February 23 2011 at 08:57
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