Hi,
been some time since I bought new hifi equipment so I have a lot to learn and catch up with! I am the final phases of putting together my new home office (bet I’m not the only one these days!) and I very often listen to music when working. Till now I had been making do with a Bose Companion 50 but have in the past had proper hifi setups with dedicated components and tower speakers.
While I do have a large (and old) CD collection which is also mostly ripped to a NAS too I generally listen to 90% of my music from Spotify (settings cranked up to max quality) so it’s not really going to be the best quality input. I have looked at maybe subscribing to Tidal or similar and may do so in future. I guess I’ll wait till I have the new system I’m place ans then try it out to see what kind of a difference it makes.
The speakers will be sat on the desktop (and I might end up actually placing them on their side too if that’s not detrimental to sound quality) and the placement won’t be ideal for dedicated listening as such.
Initially I was thinking of something like the following
Q Acoustics 3020i
Denon PMA 60
AudioEngine D1
and just connect it to the computer and run Spotify there so maybe a Raspi running Spotify Connect.
after a chat to Richer and much browsing of their website though I’m not sure I’ll be happy with the sound from the PMA60 and started thinking about using a full size amp (slight challenge in where to place it as it can’t live on the desktop like the PMA60)... so I then looked at using the Cambridge CXA61 and the CXN V2.
...and then too much web browsing and watching audio reviews have gotten the better of me and I find myself wondering about some KEF LS50 speakers instead of the 3020i.They seem great value at almost half their new price right now. I think though if I went that route the CXA61 won’t be best amp to pair it with, so perhaps I need the CXA81? Or maybe the Cyrus One?
So I’d be looking at
Cambridge CXA81
Cambridge CXN V2
KEF LS50 (not the newer meta)
oh I’m also planning to add a BK Elec Gemini II, the room is about 15m sq. I tend to be quite sensitive to harsh treble or siblance and distorted audio and most of my recent hifi listening has been with headphones (Shure 1540, RHA T20i) and an Oppo portable DAC.
So just looking for some advice really and also a reality check on whether I’m going overboard. I’d love to be able to audition these first but I just don’t think that’s going to happen any time soon.
Thanks!
been some time since I bought new hifi equipment so I have a lot to learn and catch up with! I am the final phases of putting together my new home office (bet I’m not the only one these days!) and I very often listen to music when working. Till now I had been making do with a Bose Companion 50 but have in the past had proper hifi setups with dedicated components and tower speakers.
While I do have a large (and old) CD collection which is also mostly ripped to a NAS too I generally listen to 90% of my music from Spotify (settings cranked up to max quality) so it’s not really going to be the best quality input. I have looked at maybe subscribing to Tidal or similar and may do so in future. I guess I’ll wait till I have the new system I’m place ans then try it out to see what kind of a difference it makes.
The speakers will be sat on the desktop (and I might end up actually placing them on their side too if that’s not detrimental to sound quality) and the placement won’t be ideal for dedicated listening as such.
Initially I was thinking of something like the following
Q Acoustics 3020i
Denon PMA 60
AudioEngine D1
and just connect it to the computer and run Spotify there so maybe a Raspi running Spotify Connect.
after a chat to Richer and much browsing of their website though I’m not sure I’ll be happy with the sound from the PMA60 and started thinking about using a full size amp (slight challenge in where to place it as it can’t live on the desktop like the PMA60)... so I then looked at using the Cambridge CXA61 and the CXN V2.
...and then too much web browsing and watching audio reviews have gotten the better of me and I find myself wondering about some KEF LS50 speakers instead of the 3020i.They seem great value at almost half their new price right now. I think though if I went that route the CXA61 won’t be best amp to pair it with, so perhaps I need the CXA81? Or maybe the Cyrus One?
So I’d be looking at
Cambridge CXA81
Cambridge CXN V2
KEF LS50 (not the newer meta)
oh I’m also planning to add a BK Elec Gemini II, the room is about 15m sq. I tend to be quite sensitive to harsh treble or siblance and distorted audio and most of my recent hifi listening has been with headphones (Shure 1540, RHA T20i) and an Oppo portable DAC.
So just looking for some advice really and also a reality check on whether I’m going overboard. I’d love to be able to audition these first but I just don’t think that’s going to happen any time soon.
Thanks!