Filterlab
08-04-2008, 16:06
Well, my mate at work this morning showed me a link to a website that sells retro style 'hi-fi' equipment. His friend Laura is looking to get a record deck to play some records that she's recently picked up from a second-hand shop and had asked him to ask me if this record player was any good. I think you'll have guessed by now that it in fact isn't any sodding good at all, in fact I don't think I've ever seen anything so pathetic in my life.
Anyway, it was priced at £130. I said to her that I could get her a much much much better system for exactly that much. So, I jumped on the web and went to Dave's site, Dave at Green Home Electronics. I chose a cracking little turntable (a Pioneer PL-12D) with a Shure cartridge, a lovely amp (Technics SU-V500) and a stunning little pair of speakers (Heco 220S). Yep, that little lot for £130. One quick van journey over to Bracknell later and I had in my possession a great little system for what is interconnect money. :)
I am going over to Laura's place tomorrow evening to set it up for her. :)
Here's the Pioneer/Technics/Heco system (apologies for mobile phone shot):
http://s560.photobucket.com/albums/ss49/aos_images/random_stuff/P-T-Hsystem.jpg
...and this (believe it or not) is how she was going to spend her hard earned:
http://s560.photobucket.com/albums/ss49/aos_images/random_stuff/joking.jpg
Anyone care to bet which sounds best?!
Anyway, many thanks to Dave at Green Home Electronics. That place is a little grotto of pleasure, with loads and loads of kit at daft prices to get started on the hi-fi road. Top bloke too, friendly and obliging.
Check his site out: Green Home Electronics (http://www.greenhomeelectronics.co.uk/)
Anyway, it was priced at £130. I said to her that I could get her a much much much better system for exactly that much. So, I jumped on the web and went to Dave's site, Dave at Green Home Electronics. I chose a cracking little turntable (a Pioneer PL-12D) with a Shure cartridge, a lovely amp (Technics SU-V500) and a stunning little pair of speakers (Heco 220S). Yep, that little lot for £130. One quick van journey over to Bracknell later and I had in my possession a great little system for what is interconnect money. :)
I am going over to Laura's place tomorrow evening to set it up for her. :)
Here's the Pioneer/Technics/Heco system (apologies for mobile phone shot):
http://s560.photobucket.com/albums/ss49/aos_images/random_stuff/P-T-Hsystem.jpg
...and this (believe it or not) is how she was going to spend her hard earned:
http://s560.photobucket.com/albums/ss49/aos_images/random_stuff/joking.jpg
Anyone care to bet which sounds best?!
Anyway, many thanks to Dave at Green Home Electronics. That place is a little grotto of pleasure, with loads and loads of kit at daft prices to get started on the hi-fi road. Top bloke too, friendly and obliging.
Check his site out: Green Home Electronics (http://www.greenhomeelectronics.co.uk/)