Even though you're not looking to spend huge amounts now, I would make my usual recommendation to people setting out on the path, as it were: get yourself to the next Heathrow hifi show (February or March maybe?) and have a listen.
There is a surprising range of 'character' to different hifi systems, and dealers usually only stock their own favourite type. It's not really fair to go to each London dealer and spend four hours at each when you're only going to buy something that gives them £100 profit, so use the show to give yourself some guidance. You should be able to decide whether you like something that is edgy and exciting, spacious and atmospheric, detailed and precise or whatever adjectives you fancy. Even though you'll be listening to systems costing many times what yours will, this will help to guide you on the path. The worst case scenario you see is where people have spent loads on a sound that they don't really like, but keep improving their system marginally, rather than rethinking the system from the ground up (literally?). It's easy to make this an expensive hobby rather than a satisfying one. Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top+artists) SB+, EAR V20, Heybrook Sextets plus some other stuff SB3, Shek d2, Ming-Da MC84-C, Harbeth HL-P3ES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40141
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