Hi,
I've been reading the 'wam on and off for a while now and I want to ask the wise wammers for advice on upgrading (or not) my modest music system.
It's simply a Squeezebox Duet feeding an early Cyrus 1 amp and a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 9.1s on Atacama Aurora 6 stands.
Cabling is nothing fancy just Kelvin K2 interconnects (no idea about them - came from a mate) and CA multi-stranded speaker cables.
The speakers fire down the length of a 6.5m x 3.5m room and are about 30cm off the back wall. There's nothing I can do about positioning.
I replaced all the electrolytic caps in the Cyrus including the big ones in the PSU a while back as some were looking domed and I read somewhere it was a good idea on old amps. Can't say it changed/improved the sound of the amp but it kept me busy one wet and miserable winter.
Recently I've been thinking about new speakers, possibly active monitors like the ESI Unik08, but then looking at DACs and generally dithering about wondering if it is worth spending that much money. Would I be better off saving the pennies and just replacing the whole lot or is my original idea of better speakers the way to go? Standmounters are compulsory BTW and I miss the big drivers in my long gone B&W DM110s so an increase in size isn't out of the question.
What are your thoughts/suggestions?
Thanks,
Mark.
I've been reading the 'wam on and off for a while now and I want to ask the wise wammers for advice on upgrading (or not) my modest music system.
It's simply a Squeezebox Duet feeding an early Cyrus 1 amp and a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 9.1s on Atacama Aurora 6 stands.
Cabling is nothing fancy just Kelvin K2 interconnects (no idea about them - came from a mate) and CA multi-stranded speaker cables.
The speakers fire down the length of a 6.5m x 3.5m room and are about 30cm off the back wall. There's nothing I can do about positioning.
I replaced all the electrolytic caps in the Cyrus including the big ones in the PSU a while back as some were looking domed and I read somewhere it was a good idea on old amps. Can't say it changed/improved the sound of the amp but it kept me busy one wet and miserable winter.
Recently I've been thinking about new speakers, possibly active monitors like the ESI Unik08, but then looking at DACs and generally dithering about wondering if it is worth spending that much money. Would I be better off saving the pennies and just replacing the whole lot or is my original idea of better speakers the way to go? Standmounters are compulsory BTW and I miss the big drivers in my long gone B&W DM110s so an increase in size isn't out of the question.
What are your thoughts/suggestions?
Thanks,
Mark.