MISSION CYRUS 1 MK3 UPGRADE
MISSION CYRUS 1 MK3 PORTABLE
MISSION CYRUS 1 MK3 PC
MISSION CYRUS 1 MK3 PLUS
MISSION CYRUS 1 MK3 SERIES

(fed up with plenty of excess cables and the faff of removing screw down speaker wiring) Also making up a TNT audio fleXy rack to house it all. All custom made BNC coax interconnects and speaker cables with 4mm bananas too. (like the Wharfedale Achromatic WA-C4) Might custom make something if i can be bothered. (which is nearly as old as i am and still working fine) Hoping to replace the rear speakers with some home made LS3/5a and the centre speaker with something akin to a soundbar. Plans are to replace the ancient CRT with a 32' LED display.

MISSION CYRUS 1 MK3 SERIES

Thorens TD160B with SME 3009 Series 2 improved tonearm

MISSION CYRUS 1 MK3 PC

PC + Soundblaster Live! Gold with daughter board I don't envisage changing anything unless we win the lotteryДЄ bush minisystem (mainly due to my destructive tendencies as a kid) Upgraded the speakers to some fujitsu indianas. This is it today (with a Pioneer LX508 between them). The TV has no speakers and everything goes through the pre/powers to the DBLs. The 13 year old head unit was sold to a guy in Korea for ВЈ400 (!).ДЄnd that's where I am today. About a week later, I was the proud owner of a Naim DAC (powered by the old CDPS power supply) which very easily beat the CDS. It was as good as the CDS I had been clinging onto for years. I built a HTPC and bought a Cambridge Audio DAC to go with it. 18 months later and countless times of shutting down the 250 by playing too loud (did I mention I had a dedicated room ) the 250 was replaced by 2 x Naim 135s.ДЄ divorce later, and I still had everything intact (apart from the room) until in 2010 I started experimenting with computer audio.

MISSION CYRUS 1 MK3 UPGRADE

I even built an extension to put them in!ДЄll was well when I came into some more money in 1999/2000 when the SBLs were swapped for DBLs - easily the biggest single upgrade I've ever made in hi-fi. I added a very expensive (~ВЈ400) Technics CD player in late 1985/early 86 and then changed the speakers to Musical Fidelity MC2s (awful).ДЄ spate of spending including upgrading the tape deck to another (but 3 head) Technics, upgrading the CD player to an Arcam Alpha 5 and the speakers to Mission 753s together with a move to Naim 92 pre-amp and Naim 180 power amps (via a couple of home built power amps - supposedly Naim 135 copies, but they didn't sound like them - they were very easily beaten by the 180) saw me fairly stable to around 1997 when I was left some money.Д«ig splash at a hi-fi dealers (the guy was shaking when we closed the deal) to upgrade to a complete Naim setup - CDS/52/SuperCap/250/SBL. Technics linear tracking turntable, Technics amp, Technics cassette deck, Technics tuner and some (I think) Technics speakers (it was the 80's ). I started (after having an all-in-one Bush music centre) in the early 80's. I've spent far too much on hi-fi over the years. I also have a headphone setup and use this for most music listening now because it is just better and I can listen as loud as I want without annoying the neighbours. I had some Dynaudio DM2/7 speakers for a while but I sent them back as I didn't think they were worth the ВЈ500 they cost. Overall pretty happy with this system, definately the best I have owned so far and I think I will have to spend a considerable amount more to get a proper upgrade in sound quality. Third system : NAD 3020 + PSB speakers - After selling my old setup and technically downgrading to this system I actually liked this system a lot more than the previous one, much more musical and fun to listen to.ДЇourth system : The NAD 3020 broke so I got a NAD 315bee and then later upgraded the soundcard to a Xonar and got an external cambridge audio DAC.Д¬urrent system : Got a new NAD 326Bee amplifier and a pair of B&W 602s3 speakers and connected this to my Cambridge audio DAC. Second system : Cambridge Audio Azur 640c CD player / amplifier combo with mordaunt short speakers and REL quake subwoofer - This was my first seperates and a bit of a dissapointment really, obviously a big jump in sound quality from the midi system but overall it was a bit analytical and boring. So cast your mind back.what did you start with and where did you end up?ДЇirst system : Sony Integrated midi system - Big bass, loud, poor everything else lol.

Today - I have no space for a proper system so it's just my PC / Asus Xonar / Sennheiser HD595s. Then digital and another upgrade.this was awesome: Leak amp (complete with crackly volume control)

MISSION CYRUS 1 MK3 PLUS

Plus this (for taping Top of the Pops off the radio - in mono ):Д¬ouln't find my exact one - mine was branded Ultra!ДЇidelity Music Centre - was awesome at the parate speakers!

MISSION CYRUS 1 MK3 PORTABLE

So I found some of my previous kit in the loft recently and I was thinking back on the kit I had back in the day.so I started with this:ДЇidelity portable record player - 33,45 and 78rpm! Built in mono speaker!

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