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    Quote Originally Posted by gerlando View Post
    Amplifier: Audiolab 8000a, ION Obelisk, Rotel RA930 AX, Aura Evolution, Naim Nait 3, Cyrus One, Albarry PP1, NAD 3120, Rega Brio.....

    Loudspeakers: Mission 770, Royd Minstrel, Rega Ela, Snell J/K, Epos Es11, B&W DM4, Celestion Ditton...
    im thinking all of those would be a fair bit over the £100-£150 i mentioned.

    Besides i dont really want a plain black box, im thinking more along the lines of the silver faced pioneers, marantz, sony etc from the 70s. Something that looks good/interesting.

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    A vintage receiver and a decent pair of vintage Brit speakers would sound great!

    Something like this Trio maybe https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kenwood-T...oAAOSwYxBaS6pY

    £50. Cor, lovely ...



    And maybe these £50 Wharfedale Dentons?

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wharfedal....c100005.m1851

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    Tasty looking Trio, but Dentons? That's left-field even for you. You want it to sound vintage as well as look vintage I guess?
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    Hmm. Trio, fine. Dentons pretty grim...............and fifty nicker? Take the '0' off the end and call it a fiver and I still wouldn't want them. Crude top, no bottom and thick mid. But other than that they're just fine.

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    Well, OK - just trying to show the OP that not everyone here is like the hifi dealer you tell your budget limit to and he immediately starts offering you gear at 2 or 3 times or more the price.

    OK, not Dentons, then.

    How about a pair of Celestion DL4 for £45 or so?
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pair-Cele...AAAOSwJWFaYdyq



    Or maybe these Mordaunt Short will end up within budget ...

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mordaunt-...IAAOSwFLBaU6CW



    Anyway, I think the point is that a pretty decent, suitable and nice looking system can easily be had without stretching the budget beyond recognition.
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    Indeed, as the AoS 'cheap as chips' systems, demonstrated at Scalford a few years back, ably proved! Remember those, and the impact they made?

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    At one point I had some old stuff around and wanted to have a streaming system in a spare room. To make the connection I got one of these bluetooth receivers (paired with an ipad and streaming from my NAS/server). I already had a 3.5mm to RCA lead like this. Less than a tenner to make the jump from 70s vintage stuff to 21c digital streaming. Sounded b***** fantastic.
    Current: [P20] Roon/Tidal > Custom PC> Chevron Paradox NDF16 > Phast Pre > Neuro. 686 > Tannoy Berkley (RFC tweaks)


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    There were a set of B&W DM2 speakers in the classifieds for £100....excellent and although a bit larger, could do bedroom duty....maybe too big for what you want though!

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    Yea that trio is more what im looking at. There seems to be plenty around of the 70s type of gear for 50-75 pound which would leave the rest for some speakers.

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    Keith, if a pair of vgc Kef Chorale III speakers of any interest feel free to PM me.
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