Location: East Riding of Yorkshire these days
Posts: 4,779
I'm Shaun.
Location: Forest of Dean
Posts: 643
I'm Gary.
Very true.
Very few "younger" people listen on anything other than Bluetooth speakers or headphones and many "older" hifi buffs are switching to Sonos type systems for convenience.
I too wonder what future there is for multi-box hifi, it will probably become an even more niche market the cost of which will be prohibitive to newcomers?
Marantz CD63 KI Signature
Project Debut II
Pioneer A656 Reference
Epos M5s
Atacama Stands
Maplin speaker cable cos I can't hear a difference
Various interconnects as above
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire these days
Posts: 4,779
I'm Shaun.
Houses are so expensive because there aren't enough of them. You can't really say the same thing about hi-fi equipment.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
Funnily enough I had a six hour session yesterday, playing all nine Beethoven symphonies. These were mono recordings made in the late 40s, early 50s, and remastered to CD. So a delightful mix of technology - and yes they sounded great; I became really engaged and engrossed with the performances (otherwise I wouldn't have spent so much time listening to them).
Barry
Location: Forest of Dean
Posts: 643
I'm Gary.
Bakoon 13r Denon DP80 Stax UA-70 Shure Ultra 500 in a Martin Bastin body with jico stylus, project ds2 digital Rullit aero 8 field coils in tqwt speakers
Office system, DIY CSS fullrange speakers with aurum cantus G2 ribbons yulong dac Sony STR6055 receiver Jvc QL-A51 direct drive turntable, Leema sub. JVC Z4S cart is in the house
Garage system another Sony receiver, cassette deck
System components are subject to change without warning and at the discretion of the owner.
GrahamS - It's not what you hear that counts, it's what you think you hear........
Present Kit: NAD 326BEE, NAD C515BEE CD player, JVC QL-7 DD turntable, JVC Tonearm, Shure M97Ve, Audio Technica AT95EX, Pickering V15, JVC Z1E, Wharfedale Diamond 230s, Visual Rio interconnects and My Ears.
Yes, you have to get up every 20 minutes to turn the record over, re-fit the record clamp,clean the surface with a record brush, check the stylus is clean and cue the pickup arm. Whereas with a CD, you just pop it in the drawer and press 'play' - and you only need do that every 60 minutes or so.
Barry