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Tangent Tuner II
I was so impressed with the Tangent Ampster BT II I ordered the Tangent Tuner II. This tuner is DAB+/DAB/FM with stereo phono and Toslink optical output and F-connector aerial input. It didn’t take long to get the Tangent plugged in and switched on, at which point it did a scan of the available channels…
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Tangent Ampster BT II
After the update to the PMC 25.23’s the PMC 25.21’s were moved into the “office”, but with nothing to drive them they stood on the shelf gathering dust. Not wanting to spend a lot of money I came across the Tangent Ampster BT II at £159, I thought why not and ordered one. Specification:2 X…
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PMC Twenty5.23
Acquired these floor standing speakers second hand at less than half the price of a new pair of Twenty5.23i’s. I’ve had these speakers 3 months now and have no regrets in purchasing them. How to describe how good these speakers are, they add nothing and subtract nothing of note, the best window on the music…
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NAD T778 AV Receiver
Recently (22/07/21) obtained the NAD T778 AV Surround Receiver to replace the ageing Cambridge Audio CXR200. I have only ever used these two AV Receivers in stereo mode (have a centre speaker now, much better for video with surround sound ), the reasons being the greater flexibility in connecting the TV, CATV, Blu-Ray, AppleTV and…
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Panasonic DP-UB820 Blu-Ray Player
For a while now I had been considering replacing the Cambridge Audio azur 752BD with a machine that would play 4K Blu-Ray discs as well, but decided that I would keep the 752BD and buy a 4K Blu-Ray player. As the player would only need to play 4K discs its Hi-Fi credentials were not a…
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PMC Twenty5.21 stand-mount loudspeakers
Since the upgrade to the Cambridge CXR200 I have become increasingly aware of the Q300’s sonic shortcomings, after considerable listening there were three clearly identifiable areas where the Q300’s suffered: The Q300’s could be tiring to listen too, but this aspect went away once I’d added the Q400b subwoofer and integrated into the system, all…
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Cambridge CXR200 AV Receiver
The amplifier in my system has been the Arcam FMJ19, an excellent piece of kit, but limited to analogue inputs only. What was required was something that sounded as good or better, capable of handling HDMI, digital and analogue inputs, to get away from having to select the input required on the TV and then…
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Cambridge Audio azur 752BD-D
I recently had the chance to compare the Cambridge Audio azur 752BD and the Audiolab 8200CD CD playing abilities, as far as CD’s are concerned the Audiolab lost. I initially was looking for a good Blu-ray player and eventually settled on the Cambridge, the player met my expectations with Blu-ray discs but with CD’s I was…