Hi fi

[Vinpetrol]

I’ve always loved music and always had a decent hifi system to play it on at home . in the last 20 years I moved away from stack systems as I was swooned by streaming music from my phone to devices. I’ve ended up with a Bose 500 sound bar and a Bose bass speaker . Also a Bose home hub .
The thing is despite the handiness of the streaming I’ve gotten fed up with disconnection issues and update issues and just things going wrong with my Bose speakers .
I used to have separate systems in the past with brilliant clarity and powerful passive speakers and they never ever went wrong .
I want to go back to this type of system in my new house when I move in but I’m a bit out of touch and wondered if anyone has any experience .
I used to have amps by pioneer , technics , Cambridge audio etc and speakers were if I could afford them wharfedales.
From memory though the bigger the speaker the better the bass sound so my dilemmas are if I go for separates can I get a separates unit to add to an amp that I can stream music to?
Are passive speakers still a good viable option ?
Can you get any decent sound from ceiling speakers or is the direction all wrong .
Any recommendations ?

 

[V8Druid]

NAD 3020 and either AR3,s or Rogers studio monitors (I ran a pair of each and two 3020s for an awesome sound), fed by whatever

been sat in the attic for years - not allowed to play with them

 

[kabin man]

NAD 3020 and either AR3,s or Rogers studio monitors (I ran a pair of each and two 3020s for an awesome sound), fed by whatever

been sat in the attic for years - not allowed to play with them

same here. NAD 3020i, was plenty good enough..
AR speakers and Rega planar turn table..
Memories

 

[V8Druid]

same here. NAD 3020i, was plenty good enough..
AR speakers and Rega planar turn table..
Memories

they were/are a bloody good amp - punch way above their ratings into good quality cones
can't recall the name of the turntables I had but were very decent units
and a Philips CD104 CD deck, that was big money in its day, (and still make good money S/hand), but a seriously nice unit

 

[Vinpetrol]

NAD 3020 and either AR3,s or Rogers studio monitors (I ran a pair of each and two 3020s for an awesome sound), fed by whatever

been sat in the attic for years - not allowed to play with them

I need to look into NAD not heart of that one .
What’s verdict on speakers ? Where the bigger old ones better than todays offerings ?

 

[V8Druid]

I need to look into NAD not heart of that one .
What’s verdict on speakers ? Where the bigger old ones better than todays offerings ?

the Rogers studio monitors were 'proper' speakers (with a price tag to match) .. ditto the Acoustic Research 3,s
the NAD 3020,s were remarkable for their price and stood up well against very big names costing thousands

 

[Gecko]

I need to look into NAD not heart of that one .

NAD have been around for years and have a good name.
When other brands were adding bling and glitz, NAD's approach was elegent simplicity - everything you need and nothing you don't.

 

[V8Druid]

NAD have been around for years and have a good name.
When other brands were adding bling and glitz, NAD's approach was elegent simplicity - everything you need and nothing you don't.

bought mine in '81 ... had been around several years at that point .... as said no bling, just great gear

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IIRC mine were about 120 quid each when new ...

speakers were a lot more and still highly respected

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