Watcha!

[spikeyfaz]

Second attempt at saying hello. First one disappeared into the electronic ether...

Got :

Kenwood KD990 direct drive turntable

NAD 3130 amp

Monitor Audio r352 speakers

Wharfedale DVD player (for playing CD's :rolleyes:)

Hoping to improve the sound for miniscule amounts of money! Once I know this post goes through, I'll stick a bit more on about me and da system.

[Marco]

Hi Mike,

Welcome to AoS - where ya from? :)

Marco.

[spikeyfaz]

Hello Marco

I'm from sunny Worthing in West Sussex.

I've been around the block a bit with my hifi. Tried belt and idler drive tt's before settling on the direct drive Kenwood. Transistor (class A & B) and valve amps have come and gone. Had a few pairs of speakers but now on my 3rd pair on r352's!

The NAD was bought to keep me going while I renovated my house. Have now got a bit bored with house DIY so fancy upgrading my sounds. I've only got a little listening room: 8' x 14'. I'm using the NAD without the pre as it muddied the sound. Bit shrill sounding (I'm using a ProJect headamp as a pre)sometimes so I'm wondering whether a valve pre might sort matters out???

Maybe I should start a newbie thread.

[The Grand Wazoo]

Mike,
Welcome to The Art of Sound.
We've a member in Sompting - Jonboy (maybe you know him) & I come from Steyning though I haven't lived there for years but still go back to visit family.
What sort of music do you like?

[Jonboy]

Hello Mike and welcome, as you can see we are near neighbours, you are welcome to listen to what i have or try one of my Audio Note pre amps, we are all here to help :)

[spikeyfaz]

Wow!

Thanks for the replies guys.

Music tastes: Hawkwind; Mark Stewart and the Mafia; Led Zeppelin; Karma to Burn; Miles Davis; Nils Petter Molvaer; White Stripes; Kasabian; Prince Far I; Black Crowes; er, do you want me to go on?

Sompting's about 5 mins up the road from me. Will give you a shout Jon (when I get a chance!). Would definately like to give valves another shot but I've yet to hear a valve amp that can punch out bass like a transistor. I do like that valve mid-range sound though. Sigh!

[Alex_UK]

Hello and welcome, Mike. My first ever DVD player was a Wharfedale DVD-750 about 10 years ago - it was fab for movies but to be blunt, rubbish at playing CDs. What model have you got? (Sorry for dissing the DVD-750 its the same one!)

Enjoy the forum.

[spikeyfaz]

He, he! It's a Wharfedale M3 and I'm right now listening to Gorillaz. Actually it doesn't sound too bad. A bit sharp sounding maybe. Up until recently I was using it with an original type DacMagic but this went down on one channel so it's just the Wharfedale now.

I prefer listening to vinyl but this also errs towards a sharp sound. When I use the NAD pre amp I found there was no lack of bass if I twiddled the bass knob but the sound lacked definition. This is why I've by-passed the pre.

I wonder why I don't agonise over the sound of my iPod in my car stereo!