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March 20, 2009 at 1:50 pm

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GrassChopper

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I’m currently looking around atm for a Hi-fi system ‘cos my house’s old one is starting to show wear and tear in the sound quality. Got a budget of £300-350 so I wanna try make the most out of it (Obviously I’m not expecting a superman system but I want a decent casual system) but, I need to get certain pieces on the system that are a must.

(Pre-warning: I’m about to be very vague :laugh_at:Bear with me)

Needs

-It’s gotta be a “smallish” system to fit onto the unit that we have
-At least 300watts of powah
-1 or 2 cassette drive(s)
-CD drive (3CD or more changer preferable)
-DAB Radio
-Turntable for ma Vinyl’s raaa
-CD-R compatible playback

Bonuses

-USB(or similar port) to plug in a PC/Laptop
-Subwoofer of sorts
-Looks like a beast :weee:

Now, I have no idea what £300/350 can get me or where is the best place to buy, but I’m hoping you guys will.

Any help muchly appreciated,

::Grass::
March 20, 2009 at 2:00 pm

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p0ly

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wouldnt know what to suggest accept the shops comet and currys. they have some pretty good speakers in there
March 20, 2009 at 2:11 pm

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GrassChopper

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p0lygon-Window;314626 wrote:

wouldnt know what to suggest accept the shops comet and currys. they have some pretty good speakers in there

They’ve got such a small selection online to look at and not 1 has my requirements down to the needs let alone the bonuses:laugh_at:
March 20, 2009 at 2:12 pm

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process

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GrassChopper;314624 wrote:

I’m currently looking around atm for a Hi-fi system ‘cos my house’s old one is starting to show wear and tear in the sound quality. Got a budget of £300-350 so I wanna try make the most out of it (Obviously I’m not expecting a superman system but I want a decent casual system) but, I need to get certain pieces on the system that are a must.

(Pre-warning: I’m about to be very vague :laugh_at:Bear with me)

Needs

-It’s gotta be a “smallish” system to fit onto the unit that we have
-At least 300watts of powah
-1 or 2 cassette drive(s)
-CD drive (3CD or more changer preferable)
-DAB Radio
-Turntable for ma Vinyl’s raaa
-CD-R compatible playback

Bonuses

-USB(or similar port) to plug in a PC/Laptop
-Subwoofer of sorts
-Looks like a beast :weee:

Now, I have no idea what £300/350 can get me or where is the best place to buy, but I’m hoping you guys will.

Any help muchly appreciated,

::Grass::

get on ebay or amazon i reckon, get more for your money. no warrenty tho if it goes wrong..
March 20, 2009 at 2:19 pm

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p0ly

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do not buy of the internet, it is soooo stupid!! u need the warranty or ur fucked

EBAY = NO GO !
March 20, 2009 at 2:20 pm

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p0ly

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GrassChopper;314631 wrote:

They’ve got such a small selection online to look at and not 1 has my requirements down to the needs let alone the bonuses:laugh_at:

when i went in currys the other day they had fucking shitloads of decent speakers, i was in there pluggin ma mp3 into them all, blasting out techno!

this was at a big currys tho
March 20, 2009 at 2:43 pm

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General Lighting

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Try here – especially if you want kit for analogue formats such as vinyl and cassette tape without spending loads..

http://www.richersounds.com/splashpage.php
March 20, 2009 at 2:47 pm

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GrassChopper

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General Lighting;314644 wrote:

Try here – especially if you want kit for analogue formats such as vinyl and cassette tape without spending loads..

http://www.richersounds.com/splashpage.php

Awesome, cheers GL raaa
March 20, 2009 at 4:34 pm

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p0ly

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the internet just aint a good choice at all 😥 do wot u wish sir
March 21, 2009 at 12:43 pm

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GrassChopper

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p0lygon-Window;314665 wrote:

the internet just aint a good choice at all 😥 do wot u wish sir

Yeah I doubt I will get it online I was just seeing if the prices were cheaper for what I was lookin’ for but they really arn’t. I just find it annoying going into Currys, Comet and having to talk to their staff… It’s like, leave me alone I can read what they are, I don’t need some guy who looks like the Sherminator to read off of the label making it sounds like he knows what he’s fuckin’ talking about :you_crazy
March 21, 2009 at 12:56 pm

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elretardo87

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Ignore power ratings as well they mean nothing 90% of hifis which claim that type of power are horribly inefficient. Like my 50w mini denon hifi in the back room is louder and clearer than my missus’ “500w” jvc piece of shit.

Take GLs advice and get yourself down to Richer sounds and have a good hunt. For the £350 you can get a few nice mini systems possibly one of the TEACs that they have and some nice speakers.

You won’t regret it.
March 21, 2009 at 2:40 pm

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GrassChopper

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elretardo87;314749 wrote:

Ignore power ratings as well they mean nothing 90% of hifis which claim that type of power are horribly inefficient. Like my 50w mini denon hifi in the back room is louder and clearer than my missus’ “500w” jvc piece of shit.

Take GLs advice and get yourself down to Richer sounds and have a good hunt. For the £350 you can get a few nice mini systems possibly one of the TEACs that they have and some nice speakers.

You won’t regret it.

Yeah exactly what I decided to do, going tomorrow cos they’re actually open sundays apparently raaa

Was lookin’ at the separates to buy and theres some good stuff, real happy. Gonna get one of the turntables with the usb connectors so I can get me vinyls into MP3 as well :weee:

Thanks guys, and cheers for the info :love:
March 22, 2009 at 7:13 pm

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DaftFader

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GrassChopper;314755 wrote:

Yeah exactly what I decided to do, going tomorrow cos they’re actually open sundays apparently raaa

Was lookin’ at the separates to buy and theres some good stuff, real happy. Gonna get one of the turntables with the usb connectors so I can get me vinyls into MP3 as well :weee:

Thanks guys, and cheers for the info :love:

y dont you just get a phone to mini jack lead and rec them off your existing decks? .. rather than forking out for something you dont need?
March 23, 2009 at 1:27 pm

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GrassChopper

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DaftFader;314857 wrote:

y dont you just get a phone to mini jack lead and rec them off your existing decks? .. rather than forking out for something you dont need?

Cos they’re pretty much broken, I can’t play vinyls at all atm. And 2 I’m not the one forking out the cash :laugh_at:

I didn’t get it on sunday in the end cos I got too fucked up on MDMA and acid at Saturday’s dark-psy free party :crazy_diz
March 23, 2009 at 9:02 pm

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DaftFader

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GrassChopper;314925 wrote:

Cos they’re pretty much broken, I can’t play vinyls at all atm. And 2 I’m not the one forking out the cash :laugh_at:

I didn’t get it on sunday in the end cos I got too fucked up on MDMA and acid at Saturday’s dark-psy free party :crazy_diz

well get a single decent mixing turntable .. then you are half way to getting a new pair and you can still record onto your pc with that lead i said 😉
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