Seagull67
Novice Member
Hi
I'm new to this forum but have found it very informative. I bought myself a Rega Planar 3 a few months ago with an Audio Technica VM530 cartridge. I have been playing it through the hifi components I've had around for years: my Teac A-H300 MkII & a pair of Monitor Audio Bronze B1's from 2007. Perhaps unsurprisingly I want to upgrade now I can finally afford to do so. I wondered what advice you could all kindly offer me on a good choice for an amp and speakers to complement the Rega P3? I play almost exclusively acoustic jazz, mostly LPs on Blue Note, Verve, Impulse & some contemporary releases on ECM. My room is quite small - I can only get back from the speakers about 12 or 15 feet. I have a budget of around £1600, but would be glad to not use it all. I am currently considering the Rega Brio and the B&W 606s or KEF LS50 Metas (twice the price...) but what do you suggest? I want speakers that are also ideally quite discrete in size. All the reviews of amps & speakers leave me confused: especially when it comes to what bit of kit is compatible with what, and what works well with the genre of jazz I listen to most. What I want is a sound that is spacious and detailed but warm for the type of acoustic small group jazz I favour - clinical sharper sounding speakers are fatiguing and irritating to me. I currently tend to sit quite close to my speakers (only about 7 feet away). I do also listen to a far lesser extent to classic pop, soul & folk like Dusty Springfield, John Martyn, The Beatles, Beach Boys, Joy Division, New Order, Cocteau Twins, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell. I'd be very grateful for your expertise and advice. I'm the kind of person who likes to buy the best I can afford, once it's well researched, and then just get on with enjoying experiencing music. Finally (if you can stand anymore from me!) I also wondered about a good CD player - I'm using my old Teac PD-H300MkII - I am not unhappy with it but I think I might be once I improve my amp and speakers? Thanks so much for any help you can provide. Cheers.
I'm new to this forum but have found it very informative. I bought myself a Rega Planar 3 a few months ago with an Audio Technica VM530 cartridge. I have been playing it through the hifi components I've had around for years: my Teac A-H300 MkII & a pair of Monitor Audio Bronze B1's from 2007. Perhaps unsurprisingly I want to upgrade now I can finally afford to do so. I wondered what advice you could all kindly offer me on a good choice for an amp and speakers to complement the Rega P3? I play almost exclusively acoustic jazz, mostly LPs on Blue Note, Verve, Impulse & some contemporary releases on ECM. My room is quite small - I can only get back from the speakers about 12 or 15 feet. I have a budget of around £1600, but would be glad to not use it all. I am currently considering the Rega Brio and the B&W 606s or KEF LS50 Metas (twice the price...) but what do you suggest? I want speakers that are also ideally quite discrete in size. All the reviews of amps & speakers leave me confused: especially when it comes to what bit of kit is compatible with what, and what works well with the genre of jazz I listen to most. What I want is a sound that is spacious and detailed but warm for the type of acoustic small group jazz I favour - clinical sharper sounding speakers are fatiguing and irritating to me. I currently tend to sit quite close to my speakers (only about 7 feet away). I do also listen to a far lesser extent to classic pop, soul & folk like Dusty Springfield, John Martyn, The Beatles, Beach Boys, Joy Division, New Order, Cocteau Twins, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell. I'd be very grateful for your expertise and advice. I'm the kind of person who likes to buy the best I can afford, once it's well researched, and then just get on with enjoying experiencing music. Finally (if you can stand anymore from me!) I also wondered about a good CD player - I'm using my old Teac PD-H300MkII - I am not unhappy with it but I think I might be once I improve my amp and speakers? Thanks so much for any help you can provide. Cheers.