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    Join Date: Sep 2009

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    Hi Guys

    I have an opportunity to buy a pair of Cyrus 781 Speakers plus stands - Plus the Cyrus cables - Any reviews from owners here and do they match any amplifier or must they be run by Cyrus gear? all items are £80 the stands are real solid look lovely but interested in thoughts from the forum cables alone are worth £45 so at a guess all is worth it?

    Got to wait for them to be PAT tested cant reserve and cant even put a deposit down if i wanted to blood charity shops i know they must test but does it really apply to speakers? Now a waiting game first come first served basis so i had a migraine last night looking forward to buying them today they are on shop floor with a price tag on but they cant sell them to me something amiss

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    I believe the only things that need PAT testing, are devices with a plug that can be inserted into an electrical socket ie mains voltage.

    To think you need PAT testing for other devices seems ludicrous!

    Gary



    Quote Originally Posted by dantheman91 View Post
    Hi Guys

    I have an opportunity to buy a pair of Cyrus 781 Speakers plus stands - Plus the Cyrus cables - Any reviews from owners here and do they match any amplifier or must they be run by Cyrus gear? all items are £80 the stands are real solid look lovely but interested in thoughts from the forum cables alone are worth £45 so at a guess all is worth it?

    Got to wait for them to be PAT tested cant reserve and cant even put a deposit down if i wanted to blood charity shops i know they must test but does it really apply to speakers? Now a waiting game first come first served basis so i had a migraine last night looking forward to buying them today they are on shop floor with a price tag on but they cant sell them to me something amiss

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    yup, if it plugs into mains it needs pat tested.(i take it these dont have an amp in them) it doesnt otherwise. the guy must be a jobsworth.
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    They are normal passive speakers so can be run from any amplifier.

    As to the PAT testing, as has been said, they have no mains connection so do not need PAT testing.
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    i wonder if he pat tests trousers
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    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


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    Hi Guys

    I am going to back back and try to buy them today some persuasion maybe in order LOL..

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    Still a no go and have to wait 2 weeks now something deffo not right i think they are keeping them for somebody...
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    At the end of the day they are pretty average speakers so I wouldn't waste any time worrying about them. Not bad at all, just not great either.

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    Hi

    Got my eye on a pair Tannoy 10 inch DC's from the 80's
    Last edited by dantheman91; 22-08-2018 at 11:23.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dantheman91 View Post
    Hi

    Got my eye on a pair 10" Tannoys

    Now they are worth worrying about

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