DevaFever
15-11-2010, 19:31
Hi all.
Earlier in the year following advice to me on this forum I bought a Squeezebox Touch to pair with a Beresford Caiman.
I bought it to run without a computer by running a hard drive of lossless files into the Touch via USB. However, the Squeezebox Touch had other ideas and kept cutting songs short. So I have had to set it up to run wirelessly instead and now it works fine and the sound quality is noticably better with the Touch working in this way. I am even happier this week now that I have discovered the Touch can turn my computer on automatically without my having to go upstairs and do it myself.
Anyway, onto my question. With the Touch and the Caiman now set up and working fine, the limit on my sound quality has become my ageing amp and speakers (Nad c352 and Mordaunt Short 25i - both only about £250 each when new). So I sense there are probably big improvements to be had by upgrading them.
My question is how much money could I spend on an amp and speakers before they get too good for my Touch/Caiman?
When I first bought my hifi many years ago I had a vague rule of thumb that my budget should be split evenly between a similarly priced cd player, amp and speakers with some extra on cables.
However, I have no such rule of thumb as to what might be an appropiate budget for an amp and speakers to match a Touch/Caiman. I have read people saying such a combination is similar to a very high quality cd player which would suggest quite a lot could be spent on an amp/ speakers to match.
Any views? Is the sky the limit? or is there a price point for an amp/speakers at which you would want a more expensive transport or DAC to match it?
Richard.
Earlier in the year following advice to me on this forum I bought a Squeezebox Touch to pair with a Beresford Caiman.
I bought it to run without a computer by running a hard drive of lossless files into the Touch via USB. However, the Squeezebox Touch had other ideas and kept cutting songs short. So I have had to set it up to run wirelessly instead and now it works fine and the sound quality is noticably better with the Touch working in this way. I am even happier this week now that I have discovered the Touch can turn my computer on automatically without my having to go upstairs and do it myself.
Anyway, onto my question. With the Touch and the Caiman now set up and working fine, the limit on my sound quality has become my ageing amp and speakers (Nad c352 and Mordaunt Short 25i - both only about £250 each when new). So I sense there are probably big improvements to be had by upgrading them.
My question is how much money could I spend on an amp and speakers before they get too good for my Touch/Caiman?
When I first bought my hifi many years ago I had a vague rule of thumb that my budget should be split evenly between a similarly priced cd player, amp and speakers with some extra on cables.
However, I have no such rule of thumb as to what might be an appropiate budget for an amp and speakers to match a Touch/Caiman. I have read people saying such a combination is similar to a very high quality cd player which would suggest quite a lot could be spent on an amp/ speakers to match.
Any views? Is the sky the limit? or is there a price point for an amp/speakers at which you would want a more expensive transport or DAC to match it?
Richard.