Your best hi-fi system?

ProHome Brian · 06-16-2006, 08:39 PM

I bought a Pioneer mid stack system when I was 17, then added a 6-disc CD player to it when I was 18.

I can't remember the exact model, but it lasted right until last year - and I'm 34 this year.

It was a really great hi-fi system, and it had some great sophisticated graphic analyser displays.

Unfortunately, when I see midi-stacks nowadays they looks totally ridiculous - very industrial, and lights for lights sake - nothing really tasteful or sophisticated at all.

At present I don;t have a dedicated sound system, and will probably have to look at separates for a stack - but when I do, I'll definitely be looking at Pioneer again.

riskey58 · 11-27-2006, 07:19 PM

I had Hi-fi system for years but it does not work anymore. I would like to get a new one, but I have no idea what too get. Does anyone have ideas need all the help I can get. Thank you.

kelkat · 12-01-2006, 04:23 PM

We still have the one my husband had growing up. The speakers are rough (the cat LOVES to use them for a scratching pad), but the rest of the system works fine. We haven't used it that much - usually just play CD's through the DVD player. Do you use the turntable much? I'd love to play some of my records, but we need a new needle and I have NO idea where to find one.

vicki2 · 12-18-2006, 10:05 PM

I've gone through stages of all sorts of components ...some of which were pretty elaborate. In simplifing life in general, I'm now using a Bose system which is simple, sounds great, and even though it cost a lot, it's been great for four years now. No complaints at all!

arppt01 · 12-29-2006, 08:50 PM

Though it may sound strange but those who prefers great quality sound and also light graphics can try Pioneer Car Sterio with amplifier. Then set it up with speakers. I think you can try a demo and check that out.

vicki2 · 12-30-2006, 03:00 AM

It's funny you mentioned that now as I just heard a friend say the other day that he did something similar. Said it was great sound too.

arppt01 · 01-19-2007, 06:14 AM

Yeah, it's funny but works. Sometimes having it simple works best. The best part is this kind of system is portable too, you can move it with you if you need that.

chrispenycate · 01-22-2007, 11:53 PM

I more or less live in a recording/postproduction studio, so don't have a home hi-fi setup; here Ive got about four thousand watts of high efficiency speaker aimed at me from various directions; if it all gave full power I suspect I'd implode.
But the point is, what is a "best" system? One where, if you run a recording of a string quartet, or get the musicians to play in the room, half the time you're wrong about which is which? Or one where it's so similar to the room in which a film was mixed that you're hearing it just as the director intended(believe me, those are two very different conditions) Or one which rock music sounds "impressive", a sort of pseudo discotech? All are valid, mutually exclusive choices, and depend on personal taste.
Again, the room acoustics mean that different speakers, different directional patterns, will sound better or worse, for one listener or several. Nobody's going to treat their room like a studio.
Final problem; aesthetics.As a rule of thumb, big speakers sound better than little ones (there are good physical reasons for this). But, unless you have a dedicated listening room, no-one's going to put five fifteen litre cabinets into a room to listen to surround sound; if the neighbours didn't assassinate you, the wife would. So, the optimum solution is, and will always be, a compromise.