I've dabbled in the world of hi fi before. Always been more of a car boot story of guy. But since we discovered Facebook Marketplace we kinda stepped our game up.
People knock those of us who set up on a shoestring but you can get some serious sound for peanuts.
For example a new in the box Rega Planar 2. Cost £240. Why? He had problems with one m returned it to the shop who sent it back to Rega. He listened to a Planar 3 in the shop and bought one. He sold the 2 I got a bargain.
Speakers: I have Castle Inversion 100s. The speakers that bankrupted the company. Sound superb bi amped. On the Arcam A85 Diva and P90. Cost £120. CD? Arcam CD72 £40. Tape its Technics TSR232 I like them. Tuner is a Cambridge DAB unit. Got a Popcorn A400 media streamer that has the downloads on it.
The sound is on the warm side of neutral mainly due to the Castles but I like that sound.
My wife's stack is Arcam Diva pre amp and Power amp, Arcam CD, Arcam DAB, turntable is a Rega Planar 3 the 12 volt model. She had my Castle Conway 3s. But she wanted a different sound and got Dali 400s the non ribbon tweeter model.
We got everything from Facebook Marketplace. Including the hifi stands that were built in Sweden...
