Fatmarley
"It appears my intelligence circuits have melted"
Just read a ton of Amazon feedback reviews going back years, and not single complaint of blowing speakers with any Fosi amp.
£1,200 system for sister, Rega System One or...?
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That's right. It was because of that I bought one to replace my CD3.5. I think I went through three of them, at first on their own then used as transports, they make very good transports. Of course the Saturn-R is better but it costs a lot more too. For the money these old Micromegas are great.
SteveG
pfm Member
My one is still going (or at least it was last time I tried it) although the transport is playing up a bit. Oddly enough it was eventually replaced in my system by a CD3.5 - although that's since been replaced by an Audiolab transport into a Simaudio Moon DAC. I must dig out the Leader 2 and give it a spin again - if it still works I bet it sounds just as good as a Transport as the Audiolab does.
It might. The only thing I found that was better is the Saturn-R. Those old Philips transports are very good.
SteveG
pfm Member
I've dug out the old Micromega Leader 2 and it's still working sort of. The tray still needs a little lift from below when loading and the digital out doesn't appear to be working. Still sounds good on the analogue outputs though.
On the original question - my daughter's new house has a large living room and I put together a system for her mainly from stuff I had lying around:
On the original question - my daughter's new house has a large living room and I put together a system for her mainly from stuff I had lying around:
- Rega P1 turntable (bought new)
- Echo Dot as a streaming source
- Audiolab 8000A amp
- Acoustic Energy Aegis Evo 3 speakers
Whizzy
pfm Member
Is she actually into ‘Real HiFi’ or would she be happy with something really simple to operate that just plays music reasonably well like this Denon system, with an added record deck.
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Denon RCD-N10 (Grey) & Q Acoustics 3010i (Black)
Top quality sound and versatility has never looked so good than with the Denon CEOL RCD-N10.Features, sound and style For high quality sound and a wide array of features, the Denon CEOL RCD-N10 has everything you could ask for. A CD player and tuner
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irb
pfm Member
Never took to the K or the J, myself. Liked the E though.
Which illustrates how tricky it is recommending gear for someone else, when we don't really know what style of sound they like.
glenda
pfm Member
I think that if I suggested to my sister that she didn't need real hifi, I would be minus my testicles within a minute.Is she actually into ‘Real HiFi’ or would she be happy with something really simple to operate that just plays music reasonably well like this Denon system, with an added record deck.
Denon RCD-N10 (Grey) & Q Acoustics 3010i (Black)
Top quality sound and versatility has never looked so good than with the Denon CEOL RCD-N10.Features, sound and style For high quality sound and a wide array of features, the Denon CEOL RCD-N10 has everything you could ask for. A CD player and tuner
I see where you are coming from though. We have had a brief chat and I gave initially offered her my old Rega Saturn as a starting point. Q Acoustics are a good suggestion by the way.
Cheers
Blue Belle
pfm Member
https://www.richersounds.com/marantz-pm6007-marantz-cd6007-with-q-acoustics-q3020i-black.html .. £799
https://www.richersounds.com/project-t1-phono-sb-white.html .. £359
Then what's left over will get you a pair of stands and cables. The turntable has a built-in phonostage, so that's taken care of. I would look for a pair of super dreadnought stands second hand, you can pick them up for £100, and are excellent.
https://www.richersounds.com/project-t1-phono-sb-white.html .. £359
Then what's left over will get you a pair of stands and cables. The turntable has a built-in phonostage, so that's taken care of. I would look for a pair of super dreadnought stands second hand, you can pick them up for £100, and are excellent.
timpy
Speaker Abuser
I have a Fosi Audio V3 and an Amptastic Mini. They're not the same. The Fosi is quite tame and unlikely to scare you. It sounds reminiscent of the old budget Arcams.
It is my emergency amp in my traveling hi-fi set-up.
timpy
Speaker Abuser
That's a pretty large room, but probably the best way to use it. If the listener is that close then the speakers don't need to be enormous, but the very budget stuff is out if you want any scale out of it.
I have... err... a few speakers knocking about in South Wales if you want to try some different sizes etc. Some of them need homes too really, at little cost.
timpy
Speaker Abuser
Big old room to fill with Q Acoustics 3020i speakers, even if near field listening.
SteveG
pfm Member
I had a nagging memory that the Micromega didn't work with the Simaudio Moon DAC once before so given I'm checking out an old Dacmagic 2 at the moment I plugged it into that instead to find it's working fine. No idea why.