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Post by Bigman80 on Jul 22, 2018 12:08:47 GMT
I tend to like minimalist kit, but even I like the odd feature. One I really wish I had was Philips FTS. I can’t blieve it didn’t catch on, Basically the player stored the tracks you programmed it to play and skipped the ones you left out every time you played a disc. All you had to do was press the FTS button. Some players even had FTS 1 and 2, which was handy for couples who had different preferences.
Any features you think of as “must haves”? Remote volume might be one. I prefer to have the hifi beside my listening position and like to adjust manually.
Anyone else like FTS? I bet there are other features out there that were useful and didn’t catch on. Nice to see them get a shout out.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2018 17:10:30 GMT
Yes programmable tracks on cdp is handy, cause there's usually always a couple duffers on an album (unless it's the Proclaimers or Bay City Rollers of course)
Not really a feature, but I do like a long lead on my cans I purchased a 5mtr lead.....This gives me room to move about when dancing...!!!
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Post by Bigman80 on Jul 22, 2018 17:15:42 GMT
Years ago I had a programmable turntable by JVC. It was a real bonus. I like auto and semi auto decks too. At the very least I want a curing device for the arm.
Auto reverse tape decks are also a great idea. The RX Nakamichi S that used to swivel the tape itself were very Cool.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2018 18:03:06 GMT
i love av amps and room eq
in fact i find it hard not to have it...so i only use me selection of av amps for music now..wish room eq would come over to stereo amps..
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Post by Bigman80 on Jul 22, 2018 19:06:20 GMT
Linn have gone in for it big style. You’ll have to pay £45k for the privilege though.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2018 8:19:57 GMT
love it..removes all the nasties from the sound..onkyo av amps are awesome.way better than the others. the room eq on them is stunning.
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Post by antonio on Jul 23, 2018 9:20:50 GMT
Remote volume control and maybe a skip tracks button for cd's.
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Post by Bigman80 on Jul 23, 2018 14:07:08 GMT
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Post by dsjr on Jul 23, 2018 16:05:45 GMT
Lots of people seem to love remote volume. The only time I enjoyed it was the Linn LK1. Motorised posts always seem a bit of a blunt tool to me. The chunky remote for the LK1 is a thing of beauty and sits so well in the hand,  The Lk1 and 2 could have been so good but as one part got better, the other got worse sadly.... |
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Post by Bigman80 on Jul 23, 2018 16:51:26 GMT
I agree. LK1 is much maligned but not bad at all, especially the phono stage. LK2 was more musical than 280 IMO.
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