what to upgrade?

http://www.cyrusunofficial.co.uk/

 

thanks thats just what i was looking for

 

that's not a bad rule of thumb - at least for new kit.

with second hand items fetching 30% of their original rrp it goes plain sailing out the window though..

Back to the original point though, I still think you have to spend £200-£300 (second hand) to get a real noticeable jump up on the amp you've got..

The one you've got would fetch 70 ish on e-bay, so in effect you're only talking about an extra £30!

You're in a similar position to the system I had about 15 years ago... I changed amps - I think I went from one I got for about £150 to one that cost about £400 - and the difference... well I think the cheaper one was better in retrospect..

It's easy to spend money and not see any improvement with the tight budgets in question IME.

 

I think the Cyrus and PSX would make a significant move forward. Its an old amp but its damn good.

 

This is a good pair of speakers, currently very cheap on E-bay. I don't think the price will stay low, but they are really good.

They deserve a bigger amp in the long term.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kef-Reference...ryZ14993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

thanks for all the suggestions i will keep an eye out for everything mentioned.

i hope if i dont rush i might be able to pick up a bargain.

 

anyone know anything about any of these speakers?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Linn-Keilidh-...7QQihZ001QQcategoryZ14993QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ruark-Templar...2QQihZ016QQcategoryZ14993QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

I'm a ruark fan ......having liked and owned there speakers

but those look particularly uninspiring from the photo...

I think the linn speaker was the more expensive ...but the linn sound is not to my taste so never listened to them.

from looks alone the linn's have it but I think they need loads of power but so do the templars ...at 88db

 

I've played with both the Linn speakers you link to and the Templars a fair bit.

I love ruark speakers, but the templars are diminutive little things with a sorry little sound. The reviews raved over them, but I couldn't figure out why.

The Talismans and Talisman II's are where Ruarks start getting seriously good. Not much dearer than Templars either in second hand values.

The Linn's are much better than Templars in my view, I like them a lot.

The Linn speakers would be great one's to go for if you intend a better amp in the future. They deserve it.

This incidentally is the next Linn speaker up.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Linn-Kaber-lo...6QQihZ001QQcategoryZ14993QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

these are great little amps by the way.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Onix-OA21S-am...oryZ3280QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

and a tuner too! (which is supposed to be very good aswell)

these are good sounding too.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Second-St...9QQihZ018QQcategoryZ14973QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Second-St...2QQihZ018QQcategoryZ12050QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

thanks again for the links and comments

 

sorry to bring this up again but just saw there local to me by a seller with no feedback so might be a bargin, any opnions on any of this stuff and how much there worth

thanks alot

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-B-W-BOWERS-...26QQihZ017QQcategoryZ3276QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/A-PAIR-OF-B-W...60QQihZ017QQcategoryZ3276QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/B-W-BOWERS-WI...40QQihZ017QQcategoryZ3276QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/B-W-BOWERS-WI...65QQihZ017QQcategoryZ3276QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

any comments? there ending soon