I take my music pretty seriously but in all honesty I'm probs 70/30 music /movies.
Gonna have to devote some time to trawling the hi-fi shops me thinks.
In the meantime I haven't given up on the old one...depending how much a possible fix will be...
tank slappa
I take my music pretty seriously but in all honesty I'm probs 70/30 music /movies.
Gonna have to devote some time to trawling the hi-fi shops me thinks.
In the meantime I haven't given up on the old one...depending how much a possible fix will be...
...it is better to live 1 day as a Tiger than 1000 years as a sheep...
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Originally Posted by buellbabe
in terms of longevity, my old man has an old european reciever/amp, and the speakers that came with, these are ~25 years (bought over from yurp) and still go hard. (can't recall brand name CAS or something?) solid unit, solid wires (no fancy OFC) but thenn... my setup will trounce it. but it's still damn good solid state tech.
go to *gag* harvey norman, where they have theatre room setups, take your own music (high qual MP3 or CD or whatever), pick the speakers closest to yours and test the different amps at different vols, different EQs (unless you run a seperate one) and find the one you like. then go somewhere else and buy it for half the price. (or offer harvey ca$h, i've heard of getting a good amount knocked off because most people put HN purchases on credit....)
make sure it has all the inputs you like/want (most will)
but if you want, say, a digital coax input, test that too because some are quite weak, also the upscaling (if any) and DAC function can differ from unit to unit.
i don't know shit about HDMI but that may be a concern for you, too.
you poor bastard.. having to go around looking at hifi shops and stereos. poor. poor, bastard.
"channellling the Pleideans"
The Christchurch outfit was likely Dann and Wise: they were still going a few years ago. Often the things that blow instead of the fuses are the output transistors (DAMHIK - OK, I short circuited the bloody red and black outputs together and blew a channel in my amp one time (one of two not one of five either so noticeable)
Dann & Wise Ltd
480A Moorhouse Ave
Waltham Christchurch
Phone: 03-366 5444
That number does not work. The building was modern so should have stood up OK. I go past there a lot I will stop and see if there is a sign or something.
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"channellling the Pleideans"
Keep a Kiwi working: Plinius or Perreaux.
Bring money.
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Wearing Hi-Viz Black.
JB are very good.
The sticker price is always negotiable so ask the salesperson to sharpen their pencil. Our Onkyo 7.1 was the shop demo and was stupidly cheap as they do not keep the boxes!
Bought a portable phone last week and the same thing happened. No boxes/packaging, no manual = sweeeet deal. Looked up manual on interdweeb.
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"channellling the Pleideans"
http://www.business.govt.nz/companie...panies/129286#
not looking that good I'm afraid
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Moped rider
Just to clarify my previous statement. If you are looking to run a multichannel (i.e 5-7 speakers and a subwoofer) then the Onkyos are good value. They are particularly high on features for the price compared to their competitors. However IMO they are not the most musical of receivers, and music can sound pretty harsh in some systems. Pretty good for movies though. There are other options such as Marantz and Rotel which could be better for multichannel music. Definitely audition a few before you buy.
If however, you are just running a stereo two channel system (only two speakers), then a stereo amp will be better for music (and probably cheaper). This is mainly down to economics; a multichannel receiver has to fit 7 x amp channels, multichannel preamp, HD sound codec decoding, AV switching, room correction and video upscaling while a stereo amp just needs two amp channels and a preamp. So at a given price point stereo amps generally outperform a receiver.
There are a number of options here, but a dedicated stereo amp and perhaps a DAC to connect your DVD/CD/Playstation to your amp would be a good solution if you don't want/need multichannel and mainly listen to music.
Bottom line, no need to get a receiver if you only have two speakers!
ArseBiscuit
I put upgrading my amp on hold until NZ works out which way it's going with digital radio. That was a few years ago. And the little boy waits.
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f*ck digital radio.
parting of the sensory
I made this mistake - an electrical storm (including a lightning strike across the road!) ferkt our burglar alarm, and the Loewe TV. I got the alarm guy in, and he said, "Nah - the alarm's ferkt; EMF pulse'll do that), so the insurance company replaced it. Unfortunately, I'm a retard, and never worked out that the TV being spasticated and apparently unfixable was the same event, so never claimed on it.
HAd to buy a new one, then many months later the penny dropped...
Strangelyish, the Onkyo receiver was OK...
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Ultimate keyboard Warrior
But, if we banned money, none of this would be an issue.
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Dreams are free. Heard a Plinius amp driving a couple of B&W Nautilus speakers ($50k for the pair!) and it was awesome! Maybe one day.... I'll win $30m on Lotto
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parmenter. can't remember the price, but it's one of those "if you have to ask, you can't afford"
handcrafted by a gey out muriwai i do believe. they were on TM many years ago.
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for the real audiophiles:
"TAD 4001 & TAD 1601a speaker drivers used with Alnico Magnets.
External vibration plinth crossovers using Duelund Cast Capacitors / Duelund Inductors / Duelund Silver & carbon resisters / Cardas pure Copper Binding Posts / Stillpoint vibration OEM feet.
Internal speaker cables is the Cardas Clear hard wired from the TAD bass driver to the external crossover.
The crossover wiring is Cryogenically treated and supplied by Jena Labs.
Black Diamond Racing Cones & Pits for Isolation feet (7 of each used per cabinet).
Frequency response 28 Hz – 22 KHz -3 DB
Efficiency 98 Db 1 watt 1 meter.
Dimensions: Width 810 mm Depth 700 mm Height 1310 mm.
Weight 200 KG each speaker cabinet."
Forum whore
OK - this is an interesting thread...
I love my music and my CD's but like all impoverished family guys my ability to indulge myself is limited.
I have a nice Pioneer 6 CD player working into an old Toshiba Amp running mid price Warfdale speakers. Pretty happy with it although the amps a little under powered.
Enter the new Sony blue ray player and samsung LCD. Hopeless trying to get a 2Ch output from them (apparently its possible but neither the manual or samsung nz have a clue as to how)
How do I hook the br player to the amp?
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