I'm a long in the tooth music fan who has taken an interest in hifi since I started work in 1975 and started buying hifi magazines.
I have a love hate relationship with turntables as I cannot stand the clicks you inevitably get no matter how hard you try. CDs were a revelation to me, no more clicks! I bought my first CD player from Convent Garden Records, long since gone, where he played a Marantz 63 which I still have up in the loft somewhere, through a pair of Quad Electrostatics. The opening of a Supertramp track with kids in a playground who were actually in the room it sounded like. Bought the CD player right there, £300 I think with 4 CDs of my choice chucked in.
In the late eighties I bought Musical Fidelity Pre 3 and P140 power amp with a pair of Pro Ac Studio 1s which sit opposite me now with the addition of an extra P140 amp.
I ripped all my CDs to flac on my PC now, backed up twice, and use an Audiolab Q-Dac to play them. AKG K702 headphones complete the list.
Recently I bought a pair of Electrofluidics loudspeakers that had been overloaded. I have sent the 2" full range Jordan speakers away for repair but that was 6 months ago. Hoping someone on here will have a pair to sell.
Also there may be the chance of some spare monies to upgrade my kit. Chords Cutest looks like my next purchase, but we will see.
Been reading here for a while so now it's time to join in.
Geoff