The great £500 system thread

Discussion in 'Hi-Fi and General Audio' started by bottleneck, Jun 3, 2005.

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    Telkman Nurturing Malevolence

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    £20 from argos. Then £480 paying various bills...

    Or is this not meant to be realistic?
     
    Telkman, Jun 14, 2005
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    Dev Moderator

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    Mark, do you know the first prize is a ban from this forum for an unspecified period?
     
    Dev, Jun 14, 2005
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    lordsummit moderate mod

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    Naim Nait 3 £250 all over the place
    Rega Kytes £75 what I got for my perfect ones on ebay
    Marantz CD63II KI £150 on Hifi for sale
    £25 on some NACA5 and a freebie interconnect, would sound great, and has room for upgrades, a sub maybe or a different DAC

    Come on Dev, ban me please, save me from upgraditis!!!
     
    lordsummit, Jun 16, 2005
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    Dev Moderator

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    I can't ban you from upgraditis I'm afraid. If I could, I'll be the first one in the queue.:)
     
    Dev, Jun 16, 2005
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    i know ive missed the prizes but would just like to show what i could do on a tight budget.

    AMP- denon 350se (the one with no tone controls) £80 s/h

    SOURCE 1 - wired squeezebox 1 £60 s/h (i paid £60 for one)

    SOURCE 2 - ROTEL RCD-855 cd player s/h £50 here

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3272&item=7526993449&rd=1

    SPEAKERS - Wharfedale Diamond 8.3 Floorstanding Speakers £115 here

    http://www.hifibitz.co.uk/product.asp?id=1

    CABLES - 2 £10 stereo cables and £10 worth of some biwire cable.

    TOTAL - £335 with change you could buy an other source or two and some cds.
     
    stuartswan, Jul 22, 2005
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    Or a DAC for your Squeezebox (SB1) which will improve it no end, my suggestions would be either a NOS DAC (£120ish) or a Meridian 203 (old but surprisingly good - £90-£120 s/h)

    Mr Perceptive
     
    Mr Perceptive, Jul 22, 2005
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    nsherin In stereo nirvana...

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    I'll add the MF X-ACT DAC to that list - I got mine for about £90 (inc. P&P) off eBay and it's made a considerable difference when partnered with my NAD C521BEE CD player. I was pleasently surprised that an 8 or 9 year old DAC could be much an improvement over the DAC in the CD player. There is definately more detail revealed from CDs.
     
    nsherin, Jul 22, 2005
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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    eventually me and the other mods will get off our lazy butts and award the prizes..

    We got it down to 2 people, but the points were equal and we couldnt split it.

    We then forgot about it! oops

    Chris
     
    bottleneck, Jul 22, 2005
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    Tenson Moderator

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    What is the prize? It's not really being black listed I hope :O

    I might try my hand if the prize is good!
     
    Tenson, Jul 22, 2005
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    lordsummit moderate mod

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    depends on who wins!
     
    lordsummit, Jul 23, 2005
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    mr cat Member of the month

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    thats cool - I've just bought the same cd player for 110 notes... ;)

    tho, not sure if the nad amp matches my speaker pefectly tho...
     
    mr cat, Jul 25, 2005
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    well, who won???
     
    Joolsburger, Jul 25, 2005
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    bottleneck talks a load of rubbish

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    2 people got exactly the same score, and we couldnt think of a way to seperate it, so have decided to say there are 2 winners!

    So, congratulations to TonyL and AndrewS for both putting together the best systems for the money (in our humble opinion)

    We have a selection of fun prizes, which TonyL and AndrewS can pick from, if they so desire!

    1) silver anniversary cable
    2) a handheld colour scanner
    3) FFRC
    4) carbon fibre equipment supports
    5) RDC cones


    Chris
     
    bottleneck, Jul 25, 2005
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