Micro HiFi

[nobby c]

Hi I am looking at a micro HiFi and plumped for the DenonD-M41 with Q speakers, but at Richer sounds I am unable to get delivery but John Lewis have them in stock but with Denons own speakers, my query is are the Denon speakers any good compared to Q speakers?
Thanks.

[Unbusy]

I can’t answer your question, except to say that I’ve read that the Denon speakers are a good match. Certainly not seen anything derogatory.
Peter Dyson offers different speakers as a package and might be worth a look see.
The Denon is available from a few outlets without speakers. I’m waiting for Black Friday.
I have a set of Concept 20 ready here ... they might sound carp, who knows!

[mr_fibuli]

The Denon Speakers are supposed to be a good match - there is a special EQ mode on the M41 that's tuned to work with them.

I've got an M41 with Monitor Audio Bronze 1 speakers for my office PC. I got them a bundle deal from Peter Tyson. They also do various bundles with Q-Acoustics speakers, so might be worth a look on their site.

I've got a pair of Q-Acoustics 3020s in another room, but I think I prefer the Monitor Audios. They all sound good, but the Monitors are a lot more compact, and they look discreet with the grilles on and more expensive with the grilles off.

[anonymous-user]

I was looking at buying this same HiFi myself but the lack of USB socket put me off. Most of my music is now stored as MP3 and I have read Bluetooth is a lossless format and hence reduces the quality due to bandwidth.

I am currently looking for one of the previous versions of this HiFi on ebay (M40DAB and below) purely because I want the USB socket.

[Foliage]

Joey Deacon said:

I was looking at buying this same HiFi myself but the lack of USB socket put me off. Most of my music is now stored as MP3 and I have read Bluetooth is a lossless format and hence reduces the quality due to bandwidth.

Say what now?

Both lose huge amounts of quality.

If you want high res audio, you need to find music in a high res format (amazon HD or tidal) and have a device that is compatible with that format (a streamer box)

or just play CDs which is what I do.

[clockworks]

I doubt you'd notice the difference between playing 320k MP3 and a CD through a micro system

[Stan the Bat]

clockworks said:

I doubt you'd notice the difference between playing 320k MP3 and a CD through a micro system

I am afraid I can't, but ears are getting on a bit.

But do tend to use FLAC just in case.

[Howaboutthis]

Curiously, I see the Denon Ceol has usb in but not for mp3, only flac and other hi rez.