Hi All,
This is my first post on the forum and I must say that I am impressed at the amount of knowledge shared via this forum.
I was only hearing music until the beginning of this year. It started one day with a feeling that I should be rather listening to it.
Off I started by buying a Sonodyne Amp SiA320R at the beginning of this year(that was practically the only brand I could think of) and was a disaster trying to fire my Mass market Philips speakers using a mass market made Philips CD player.
Then came along Hifivison that kick started the quest for that first true audio system.
After a lot of reading on CD players came across the Marantz CD 6003 as a highly reviwed player and was lucky to find one up for sale(from a forum member(FM)). Lapped it up and there on started my journey. It bought a little bit of life into the music but not a great deal.
Then began the search for a suitable amp & speakers. Must thank the same FM for guiding me right through out this. Ended up with a vintage amp - Sansui AU317 and what transformation it was. However the speakers were still a let down. I must however say the speakers paired with its complementing Philips DVDplayer with an in built amp its job quite well.
It had been about 3 months with the Marantz and Sansui AU317 and I hadn't been able to decide on speakers. Auditioned Wharfdales Diamond 10.6 & Tannoy Mrecury V4. I liked the wharfdales for the lows but the Tannoys were better with mids and highs.
The inner debate went on endlessly (I liked the Tannoys), at the same time searching for a used pair of speakers. Then comes that one day again when I came across a pair of vintage Sansui speakers - huge intimidating ones that I was sure would blow me away.
Decided on it and it has been about a month now. The first time I listened to them I was disappointed the way they sounded - just no bass(to be read as punch). But as time has progressed I have begun to appreciate them.
They have a sparkle - the highs are crisp and the mids are clear with just the right amount of heaviness. Started spinning some of my favourite records and they just bought that smile on my face. The lows are there just enogh to complete the spectrum of frquencies never hitting you.
I know there are stuff way superior to what I am listening to now but well these (MarantzCD6003+SansuiAU317/S 81U) are what I have heard so far.
The quest is on.
Thanks for reading this.Welcome any suggestions/feedbacks and most of all critics.
This is my first post on the forum and I must say that I am impressed at the amount of knowledge shared via this forum.
I was only hearing music until the beginning of this year. It started one day with a feeling that I should be rather listening to it.
Off I started by buying a Sonodyne Amp SiA320R at the beginning of this year(that was practically the only brand I could think of) and was a disaster trying to fire my Mass market Philips speakers using a mass market made Philips CD player.
Then came along Hifivison that kick started the quest for that first true audio system.
After a lot of reading on CD players came across the Marantz CD 6003 as a highly reviwed player and was lucky to find one up for sale(from a forum member(FM)). Lapped it up and there on started my journey. It bought a little bit of life into the music but not a great deal.
Then began the search for a suitable amp & speakers. Must thank the same FM for guiding me right through out this. Ended up with a vintage amp - Sansui AU317 and what transformation it was. However the speakers were still a let down. I must however say the speakers paired with its complementing Philips DVDplayer with an in built amp its job quite well.
It had been about 3 months with the Marantz and Sansui AU317 and I hadn't been able to decide on speakers. Auditioned Wharfdales Diamond 10.6 & Tannoy Mrecury V4. I liked the wharfdales for the lows but the Tannoys were better with mids and highs.
The inner debate went on endlessly (I liked the Tannoys), at the same time searching for a used pair of speakers. Then comes that one day again when I came across a pair of vintage Sansui speakers - huge intimidating ones that I was sure would blow me away.
Decided on it and it has been about a month now. The first time I listened to them I was disappointed the way they sounded - just no bass(to be read as punch). But as time has progressed I have begun to appreciate them.
They have a sparkle - the highs are crisp and the mids are clear with just the right amount of heaviness. Started spinning some of my favourite records and they just bought that smile on my face. The lows are there just enogh to complete the spectrum of frquencies never hitting you.
I know there are stuff way superior to what I am listening to now but well these (MarantzCD6003+SansuiAU317/S 81U) are what I have heard so far.
The quest is on.
Thanks for reading this.Welcome any suggestions/feedbacks and most of all critics.
