Help me with a new setup...

[unrealrocks]

Yeah - A good HiFi shop will let you listen to the stuff before you buy, sometimes even the exact one you could end up buying.

Theres a little shop near us called John Kirk, he's great, hes got a listening room upstairs and if you ring him a few days in advance he'll set up exacly what you want to listen to and you can go and take your own stuff and have a listen, compare it with whatever you want etc. ... its great. Recently my dad was thinking of buying some new speakers. He was more than happy to setup the Quad 22Ls, Wharfedale Opus floorstanders, with an Arcam C30 and some Marantz Power amps. He didn't buy them in the end but there more than happy todo it for you.

Often shops'll have a listening area with alot of different speakers, then have a huge switch box so you hear the gear off the shelf (so they don't have to move it) but the speakers will be properly positioned allready.

[5lab]

yeah butuz but most cdrs are from mp3s, and you probably *will* hear the diffference in that

[TomWilko]

I have plenty of albums in my collection i will use instead I have everything from hard dance to quite hard rock...with hip-hop/R 'n' B/Pop falling in the middle!

[Lead_Head]

I have plenty of albums in my collection i will use instead I have everything from hard dance to quite hard rock...with hip-hop/R 'n' B/Pop falling in the middle!

Tom if you need help with this lot I'll go hunting with you....

I got a bit of knowledge of stereo audio and I can always ask me pops to help me to help you

When you ask to "try out" a CD... make sure you say:

"Can I audition this equipment?" Sounds posh and posh sounds like u got £££ in the bank

[5lab]

yeah but if your 'auditioning' a £300 stereo they know your not gonna be spending as much as their best customers

[TomWilko]

Tom if you need help with this lot I'll go hunting with you....

I got a bit of knowledge of stereo audio and I can always ask me pops to help me to help you

When you ask to "try out" a CD... make sure you say:

"Can I audition this equipment?" Sounds posh and posh sounds like u got £££ in the bank

Dude, you were already on the guest list for this You will be my personal shopper in the Audio area.

[Lead_Head]

Dude, you were already on the guest list for this You will be my personal shopper in the Audio area.

Get Dan down too... he loves wires