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  1. #11
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    some of these Bluetooth speakers are pretty good . incredible bass on some of them . last summer my lads were doing the garden with me and they put one of these small boomboxs in a dustbin on its side [it was raining !] my word the neighbour from some way came out and said the bass was going through his kitchen !!
    ou might slip, you might slide, you might
    Stumble and fall by the road side
    But don't you ever let nobody drag your spirit down
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    Learn from everyone, that's what life is for
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    you might be interested in this thread

    http://hifiwigwam.com/forum/topic/12...omment-2156159
    ou might slip, you might slide, you might
    Stumble and fall by the road side
    But don't you ever let nobody drag your spirit down
    Remember you're walking up to heaven

    Don't let nobody turn you around
    … Walk with the rich, walk with the poor
    Learn from everyone, that's what life is for
    And don't you let nobody drag your spirit down

    Eric Bibb

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    this would be good too , just needs some speakers

    http://petertyson.co.uk/index.php/de...070-10546.html
    ou might slip, you might slide, you might
    Stumble and fall by the road side
    But don't you ever let nobody drag your spirit down
    Remember you're walking up to heaven

    Don't let nobody turn you around
    … Walk with the rich, walk with the poor
    Learn from everyone, that's what life is for
    And don't you let nobody drag your spirit down

    Eric Bibb

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    Quote Originally Posted by hifinutt View Post
    this would be good too , just needs some speakers

    http://petertyson.co.uk/index.php/de...070-10546.html
    Funnily, enough I bought one of these (or rather the precursor model) when I first came back to the UK a few years back and was waiting for my shipping container to arrive with my main hifi equipment. Surprising good performance for the price (I think I paid £199 at the time). Basically, a modern day take on a radiogram (less speakers of course). I spent most of the time listening to DAB radio and to mp3 files from a memory stick. Shame it didn't do FLAC files though. Was more than happy with it for the month I used it. You've reminded me that it's been in a cupboard since my main system was delivered.

    Geoff

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    Quote Originally Posted by hifinutt View Post
    you might be interested in this thread

    http://hifiwigwam.com/forum/topic/12...omment-2156159
    Interesting but I too am a wrinkly!


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    Sometimes we have to do things on a shoestring, prior to '08 my income was £1500/annum.

    I built my current HI-Fi rack from four large broom handles and MDF shelves, perhaps laughable, but functional.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pharos View Post
    Sometimes we have to do things on a shoestring, prior to '08 my income was £1500/annum.

    I built my current HI-Fi rack from four large broom handles and MDF shelves, perhaps laughable, but functional.
    We cut the suit according to the cloth. Mind you, this sounds like hifi on a broomstick not a shoestring!

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    perhaps these guys had something to do with it

    http://www.witchhatservicing.co.uk/
    ou might slip, you might slide, you might
    Stumble and fall by the road side
    But don't you ever let nobody drag your spirit down
    Remember you're walking up to heaven

    Don't let nobody turn you around
    … Walk with the rich, walk with the poor
    Learn from everyone, that's what life is for
    And don't you let nobody drag your spirit down

    Eric Bibb

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    For a "shoebox" system perhaps some powered monitors would be the way to go? Look in any Pro Audio, recording gear catalog, and they've got small powered monitors at all prices. And sizes. From 4" woofers to 8" woofers, and built in amps. Made for recording, they are supposed to have very flat response. Quality and prices vary. Then drive them with a digital front end, an iPod loaded with Flac files, CD or better quality playback. Some nice powered monitors with 6" woofers for $500 the pair, a few more hundred in a nice iPod, or just use your smart phone, super portable.

    Headphones could be a real alternative, but true high end head phones are rather pricey, not "shoestring" budget devices


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    If the system has to travel, what about a solar powered one? DC powered equipment fed via compact NIMH batteries, charged by a folding solar panel or two. There much DC powered gear, including obviously ICE stuff, which is necessarily compact and can be very good.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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