Stuff that is amazing, but shouldn't be.
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After selling my Royd Minstrel speakers around 20 years ago I just picked up another pair. After cleaning up the pole pieces, wow.
Staggering for what were a £250 pair of speakers 25 years ago.
Detail level is amazing. Bass whilst not huge is very accurate.
Any other items you have experienced?
Staggering for what were a £250 pair of speakers 25 years ago.
Detail level is amazing. Bass whilst not huge is very accurate.
Any other items you have experienced?
HB1 were a cracking speaker. Never rated the Creek amps. Ion Obelisk were amazing amps. Even the much clichéd NAD 3020 in A format was good, though not the epic some think it is now. Musical Fidelity A series. Audio Inovvations early valve stuff. Naim Hair when it was at entry level.
Technics' SL-PG###A CD players from the early 90s; Hi-Fi Choice magazines group tests uncovered some real giant killers.
In these tests, £200.00 model 520A and £230.00 model 620A were both rated higher than all the models in their various group tests including models from Arcam, Marantz, Mission and some higher priced models from Quad and Meridian costing in excess of £1000.00.
I still use a 520A sometimes; it is very close indeed to the performance of the Wadia I use now; the Wadia cost just under £4000.
In these tests, £200.00 model 520A and £230.00 model 620A were both rated higher than all the models in their various group tests including models from Arcam, Marantz, Mission and some higher priced models from Quad and Meridian costing in excess of £1000.00.
I still use a 520A sometimes; it is very close indeed to the performance of the Wadia I use now; the Wadia cost just under £4000.
Crackie said:
Technics' SL-PG###A CD players from the early 90s; Hi-Fi Choice magazines group tests uncovered some real giant killers.
In these tests, £200.00 model 520A and £230.00 model 620A were both rated higher than all the models in their various group tests including models from Arcam, Marantz, Mission and some higher priced models from Quad and Meridian costing in excess of £1000.00.
I still use a 520A sometimes; it is very close indeed to the performance of the Wadia I use now; the Wadia cost just under £4000.
I have a 520A I bought new in the mid 90's (along with my Yamaha 590 Pro-logic amp, Mission 731 and 73s speakers) which I used for hours every day which I then gave to my other half's grandad but regrettably it has just given up the ghost. It turns on but just says no disc. In these tests, £200.00 model 520A and £230.00 model 620A were both rated higher than all the models in their various group tests including models from Arcam, Marantz, Mission and some higher priced models from Quad and Meridian costing in excess of £1000.00.
I still use a 520A sometimes; it is very close indeed to the performance of the Wadia I use now; the Wadia cost just under £4000.
A lovely little machine with good build.
heisthegaffer said:
Crackie said:
Technics' SL-PG###A CD players from the early 90s; Hi-Fi Choice magazines group tests uncovered some real giant killers.
In these tests, £200.00 model 520A and £230.00 model 620A were both rated higher than all the models in their various group tests including models from Arcam, Marantz, Mission and some higher priced models from Quad and Meridian costing in excess of £1000.00.
I still use a 520A sometimes; it is very close indeed to the performance of the Wadia I use now; the Wadia cost just under £4000.
I have a 520A I bought new in the mid 90's (along with my Yamaha 590 Pro-logic amp, Mission 731 and 73s speakers) which I used for hours every day which I then gave to my other half's grandad but regrettably it has just given up the ghost. It turns on but just says no disc. In these tests, £200.00 model 520A and £230.00 model 620A were both rated higher than all the models in their various group tests including models from Arcam, Marantz, Mission and some higher priced models from Quad and Meridian costing in excess of £1000.00.
I still use a 520A sometimes; it is very close indeed to the performance of the Wadia I use now; the Wadia cost just under £4000.
A lovely little machine with good build.
I have all the gear back now and my mums old Technics 620A too.....
It may be worth just lifting the lid on your 520A and giving the lens a clean. The Philips CDM4 mechanism inside is usually very reliable.
Crackie said:
I gave my 520A + Cyrus One amp and a pair of Kef Coda 7s to my sis a few years back. Incredible performance for entry level gear.
I have all the gear back now and my mums old Technics 620A too.....
It may be worth just lifting the lid on your 520A and giving the lens a clean. The Philips CDM4 mechanism inside is usually very reliable.
Thanks mate, I may just do that.I have all the gear back now and my mums old Technics 620A too.....
It may be worth just lifting the lid on your 520A and giving the lens a clean. The Philips CDM4 mechanism inside is usually very reliable.
I am unlucky with CD players at the moment as my NAD 521 needs a gentle persuasive tap on the left had side in order to play!
Miocene said:
Doesn't this thread just prove that things haven't really moved on when it comes to sound reproduction? 
44.1/16 of redbook covers the range of human hearing quite adequately so unsurprising that source material hasn’t made giant leaps.Speaker/room interaction, especially at the lower end of the range has made gains whether off-board add-ons from the likes of DSpeaker all in one automated box or the various flavours of Dirac and Audyssey fitted to av amplifiers.
Even old diehard audiophiles are starting to see the light.
A £200 dsp 8033 transformed my large subwoofer. Far, far better after a 2 minute set up and calibration than I ever achieved after months of tweaking, moving and adjusting the sub.
I’m giving serious thought on moving to their dual core box to sort the 2.1 system.
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