What do you listen to your music on?

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mad cyril said:
All now through my Bose SoundTouch 10. I still buy CDs to support artists but they’re effectively just decoration.
Just sold a TEAC system with dennon speakers.

On commute it’s Spotify via my urban ears headphones.

If I ever come into money I’m spending big on a top of the range system.
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I'd love to get a proper top-end system but tbh everything I buy has been second-hand.
The amp was £150 (I think they were £600ish 20+years ago), the speakers were £500 (from £1300), the DAC was £300 (I think it was £800 new).
I think I''ll stick with this for a while, although I've been toying with the idea of adding a Alpha 8P poweramp but not sure if it would improve it much.
 
wackyjacky said:
Love that album.


I bought myself a Denon COEL N10 cd/streaming player in the sales at Christmas but haven't bothered opening it yet, might get around to it. Until then I just use Spotify or itunes on the lappy and iphone linked to a Samsung R6 speaker although mainly listen to it on headphones.
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My favourite Clash album (not a popular opinion), takes me straight back to Xmas 1978.

Got Elastica on now which is also a very good punk album despite being labelled Britpop. So good the Stranglers and Wire nicked riffs from it ;)
 
glen said:
Maybe someone could give me some simple advice on connections. Most of our music is via deezer and accessed through our phones.

In the living room we've got an old denon m37dab with 2 small Quad bookshelf speakers. It was bought years ago to play CD's on and is good for that. But really struggled to connect my phone to it. I recently bought one of these to connect via bluetooth, which i'd prefer, but i sent it back as i was getting a lot of interference

esinkin Bluetooth Audio Adapter for Music Streaming Sound System, Wireless Audio Receiver Works with Smart Phones and Tablets, Bluetooth Receiver for Speakers: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Buy
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Any other options to connect the phone to the denon?

In the kitchen, where i listen to most music when cooking, we've got a bose sounddock and recently bought this to connect via bluetooth. This works a treat

www.layen-uk.com

LAYEN i-SYNC Bluetooth Music Receiver

The LAYEN i-SYNC Is a premium Bluetooth Music Receiver / Audio Adapter that will turn your docking station, Hifi or stereo Bluetooth, allowing you to stream your favourite music wirelessly from your phone, tablet or laptop!
www.layen-uk.com www.layen-uk.com
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I used to use one of these because of the built-in dac but sold it when I got the TEAC
www.arcam.co.uk

Arcam - rBlink(Discontinued) - Bluetooth DAC

Streaming high quality music from your favourite mobile device is now easy with the rBlink Bluetooth** audio converter. Engineered by Arcam, and us...
www.arcam.co.uk www.arcam.co.uk
 
IPhone with £10 headphones.
The quality is about a million times better than playing vinyl on a normal player in the 80s.
 
Quench said:
My favourite Clash album (not a popular opinion), takes me straight back to Xmas 1978.

Got Elastica on now which is also a very good punk album despite being labelled Britpop. So good the Stranglers and Wire nicked riffs from it ;)
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Yeah 'Rope' is my go-to album too, unreal beginning, bit of a dip then strong finish imo.

I remember a couple of Elastica tracks from the 90's which weren't bad, didn't mind some of the Britpop, might look it up and give it a go.
 
bernardbresslaw said:
I'd love to get a proper top-end system but tbh everything I buy has been second-hand.
The amp was £150 (I think they were £600ish 20+years ago), the speakers were £500 (from £1300), the DAC was £300 (I think it was £800 new).
I think I''ll stick with this for a while, although I've been toying with the idea of adding a Alpha 8P poweramp but not sure if it would improve it much.
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I think if you’re not rolling in cash or a total sound connoisseur mate, you’re best off going second hand. The stuff I sold was absolutely brand new so the bloke saved a good few quid.
 
dangermows said:
Record player or CD player.
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No streaming? I know you listen to a lot of music so it must cost you a fortune?
mad cyril said:
I couldn’t get over how quickly I sold my TEAC on eBay. Listed it at about 9am Saturday morning and it was picked up 2 hours later. I live shields and a lad walked over from Marsden to buy.
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I remember an Arcam CD player I bought in the early 90's secondhand. The lad lived on the Grey Hen estate and I was living at my parents in Harton Village so I just walked down to pick it up. He demo'd it with Bitter Sweet Symphony which had just come out and it was the first time I'd heard it. :)
 
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Circa 1989 pioneer amp, gale floor standing speakers and a pro-ject turntable. I have a google chromecast Audio hooked up to the amp via the optical line for digital stuff but to be honest I just use the amazon Echo thing as it’s easier.
 
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