Hey guys, i'm thinking of purchasing a hifi setup for my living room. At the moment i would like to start off with a cd player and an amplifier as my budget is limited. Planning to pair it with my aego m for now till i have more budget for a new set of speakers. My budget is around 2k, am I right to go for the player and amplifier first? Any nice recommendations at this price range? Thanks.

Marantz 5004 or Cambridge Audio Topaz will fit your budget.

Hi,i'm new here.there was these audiolab 8000a intergrated amp and 8000c pre & 8000p powe combo for sale.Which one shoulh i buy?Really appreciate if any sifu her can give some pointers.

No brainer, I would opt for pre/power

This post has been edited by htkaki: Mar 4 2011, 12:06 PM

Hi All,

I just got myself a pair of Acoustic Energy Radiance 3.

The brief spec:

Power Handling: 200W peak programme

Impedance: 8 Ohms

Sensitivity: 90dB for 1 Watt at 1M


I'll play loseless music file through my HD media player. I would like to get an DAC and amplifier to match with it. Please recommend me which is better and where to try it.

My budget will be around RM3k. Preference will be 80/20 (music/movie).

Thanks in advance.

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Anyone? Please give some suggestion..

This post has been edited by cubicle: Mar 11 2011, 05:45 PM

Hmmmm...I think this is a better place to ask. Didn't see it at first.

Ok here goes:
I am thinking of a decent sound system to put in the living room. It will be hooked up to a DVD player. It's for my parents, and the way I look at it, they don't need a surround system. So the budget can be concentrated on a decent stereo system. They also like to play soft music once in a while to brighten up the mood in the house if guests are around.

So, in summary, a stereo system, good for music and good for movies. Doesn't have to have a woofer, wouldn't need one too. Budget?......I dunno how these things are priced, so I set it loosely at around RM1000 where they would probably be most comfortable. I'm only looking at speakers for now. I will personally look for other things like amps and CD players later.

This post has been edited by tunertoobe: Mar 13 2011, 11:58 PM

8000A is the oldest 60W/channel integrated amplifier with phono. It was supeceded with the 8000S and doesn't have phono, designed for digital playback or other line level input. Up the ladder is the 8000C/8000P pre-power combo with 100W/channel. Highest up is 8000Q/8000P or 8000M combination. They also had 8000CD/8000CDT/8000DAC/8000DAX/8000T/8000PPA are individual CD, DAC,Tuner,Phono stage, all up to you to customize and build up. 8000A amp is about 20 years old now. Its a fuss free straight forward 60W amp that'll do its job.
I did have quite a lot of fun with Audiolab amplifiers, till I changed to a tube amp later on that is more musical and entertaining.

This post has been edited by bsl555: Mar 15 2011, 12:16 AM

hi, i looking for a pair of floor standing speaker, "tall and slim type", i know the PSB T5, Paradigm SE3, but i prefer English made speaker, budget around RM3.5K is there any chance?

* more on vocal music..

This post has been edited by nobody#2: Apr 11 2011, 04:11 PM

guys recommend me a bookshelf speaker (budget:less than rm 1500) that suitable for cambridge audio amp.....
my purpose is purely for music......
currently using MS carnival 1 due to short of budget.........
thank u

Why not try upgrade to the Mezzo series?

http://www.mudah.my/Mordaunt+short+mezzo+1...new-8651022.htm

My friend buy Mezzo 2 from this seller but seem he no stock or you can try ask. Around RM1.8k, the link i post is Mezzo 1, I believe close to your budget.

hehehe....the same shop that i buy MS carnival 1.......
nice guy.....i received the speaker within 1 day of postage.....
thanks for the recommendation,dlyz.
i'll look into it.......just afraid the combo will sound too bright....

Which CA int amp that you are using and what cable?

it's CA 540A V2 and normal cheap cable.......
any recommendation for me, sir?
any stereo speaker + cable within my budget (1500).
thanks in advanced

My friend told me that his mezzo 2 is not bright speaker, but cambridge isvknown for being bright. Perhaps some mezzo owner can advise but they are mostly at home entertainment side.

thank u,dlyz......
i saw u had sold a mission speaker before.m30i or m31i, i think.
what can u say about the mission speaker?
thanks again for your time and attention.

CA is bright indeed:) Mezzo is not that bright to start with. Just do not pair it with QED XT, Belden 1311A, and other bright sounding cable.

M31i is a warm speaker, my friend sya its warmer than his mezzo 2. The sound is similar to wharfedale diamond series. Because of this some might perceive it as less detailed especially those who use brighter sounding speaker. However its good for vocal song imho esp male vocal.

Htkaki sells them, he shud be able to elaborate more too.

thank u very much for the info,dlyz.
htkaki boss, can u recommend me a mission floorstanding/bookshelf speaker that suit CA?for a small room(8 feet x 10 feet)
my plan is the keep MS carnival for nearfield listening during studies while get another speaker for enjoy music.
can fully utilize speaker A and B of the amp also.
of course, the budget is max max rm2000
thanks in advance.

You have a lot of better choice than mission for that budget. I also have 1 floorstand and 1 bookshelf for near and far listening. But sadly my new amp cant utilise 2 speaker and my marantz amp im planning to sell soon to fund for subwoofer. But i do swap from time to time when im bored lol

dlyz bro, good luck on your search for new amp

This post has been edited by freeman_86: Apr 17 2011, 03:53 AM