early wrote:
uzzy wrote
What don't you like about your current system that makes you so eager to spend a grand???
If you want to upgrade you need to save a lot more dosh and get a pair of Art Emotions. Put the money in an ISA and add to it til you get enough to make a real impact on what you have. I am not sure that a grand investment will give you much more than you have at the moment.
Perhaps there is something strange about me
I only hanker after an upgrade when I something really takes my fancy and I have to have it, but never the thought "ooh I have got a grand let's upgrade the hifi."
Uzzy:nerd:
There's lots I like about my system , but if I had to pick something that could be improved on then I'd like better soundstaging .
As for ISA's , I can't save for toffee . I've had a little bit of financial luck and Mrs e has allowed me to treat myself .
£1000 second hand must be about £2500 new , surely that would be a step up .
Second hand prices are supply and demand so items in high demand will fetch more than 50% second hand.
Analysing what you have I wonder if there is a significant upgrade to be had for £1000. To me the item I would want if I was in the same position as you would be a pair of Art Emotions. You cannot find any second hand so that is £5,000 for the basic ones. Anything else for me would not be taking me to where I want to be.
So you need to go out and listen and think to yourself where do you want to go? What are my ideal speakers? What is the ideal amplifier to drive them?
If anything is a compromise then you will be continually hankering to change and each change will cost you money.
I was told my old mum everything comes to he who waits. In 1975 I heard the Gale GS401s and they were the best loudspeaker I had ever heard. In 1978 I finally managed to acquire a pair for £250 and it wasn't until 1979 that I could afford an amplifier to really make them sing. I was happy for twelve years (audtioning loads of other stuff in the meantime but nothing wsa giving me exactly what I wanted). Then in 1992 I aquired a pair of Chris Rogers Pro 9TL second hand for £50 and spent the next ten years or more improving them or trying to.
The Gales were given to friends and I searched for a loudspeaker that would give me all that I wanted. In 2000 I heard the Impressions and these were the loudspeakers that fulfilled for me all that my ears and mind told me I wanted. It was a year or two later that I finally acquired a used pair for half price (£8,000).
The moral of this story IMO is knowing what you want and striving to achieve it. If you change you need to be sure that what you are changing for satisfies what you are looking for because if it isn't you will be yearning to upgrade again in a short while.
So my advice would be go out and listen and get to bake offs in here to hear as much as you can and determine what floats your boat then go for it. If you must spend a grand upgrading now, I honestly cannot tell you what to do. If the speakers you have do not float your boat then you need to go out and listen but the problem you will have is if the speakers you really love need a lot of power to work then you will need to change your amplifier.
I guess I was fortunate working in the trade for a number of years where there were new toys in the shop all the time and always stuff to take home to try out and get my fix of different products.
I guess you have to do what works for you.
Enjoy the ride but most of all enjoy the music
Uzzy:nerd:
nly £5k - bargain
