Particular person offers on hi-fi merchandise are nice, however is not it even higher if somebody does the laborious work of constructing you an entire system AND provide you with a chunky low cost for the package deal too? That is precisely what Richer Sounds has carried out with this excellent hi-fi bundle deal that features a Marantz CD6007 CD participant, a Marantz PM6007 built-in amplifier and a pair of Q Acoustics 3020i standmount audio system – all for the deal value of £799 at Richer Sounds.
All three merchandise on this system have obtained five-star critiques from the What Hello-Fi? evaluation workforce, and each Marantz merchandise even have the excellence of being present (and a number of) Award-winners too.
How good is that this deal? In case you had been to purchase every product individually, the overall value could be £887 (Marantz CD6007 for £339, Marantz PM6007 for £349, Q Acoustics 3020i for £199), so this £88 saving off the overall value at Richer Sounds is a terrific low cost for an entry-level system corresponding to this.
I’ve checked the costs throughout a number of retailers (Richer Sounds, Sevenoaks, Peter Tyson) and this actually is the very best saving to this point. You can too discover comparable bundle presents on Sevenoaks and Peter Tyson: proper now, each these retailers are providing a deal on the 2 Marantz merchandise collectively for round £675-688, however this leaves you little wiggle room for a speaker pair. The Richer Sounds bundle provide with a pair of audio system included represents the very best worth – particularly in case you’re aiming to purchase a model new entry-level hi-fi system from scratch.
This can be a basic product mixture that my colleagues and I’ve recurrently beneficial for these on the lookout for an excellent hi-fi system underneath £1000. Each Q Acoustics and Marantz have been What Hello-Fi?‘s go-to finances suggestions for years, and these merchandise specifically are ones I’ve personally heard throughout testing in our devoted listening rooms, so I can confidently say it is a mixture that works and sounds nice collectively.
The Marantz CD6007 CD participant and Marantz PM6007 stereo amplifier are exceptionally well-made for the cash, and their efficiency far outstrips their modest value tags too. They ship the sort of composed, authoritative, dynamic and detailed sound that retains you completely glad as you play via your music assortment. In our CD6007 evaluation, we mentioned: “Notes are outlined with a contact extra precision, notably at low frequencies, and the dimensions of sound is notably larger… Equally, larger-scale dynamics are delivered with extra verve and punch. There’s a satisfying sense of composure to tie all of it collectively.”
The PM6007 amplifier presents 45W per channel and features a wealth of analogue and digital connections, together with a transferring magnet phono stage and a 6.3mm headphone jack, so you possibly can add a streamer or turntable if you wish to broaden your sources past CD. We mentioned the amp sounded “clean, full-bodied and balanced, with a satisfying spaciousness” in our evaluation. You may must dish out twice the sum of money for the next-step-up Arcam CD5 CD participant and Arcam A5 amplifier if you would like a big audio enchancment over this gifted Marantz duo.
The Q Acoustics 3020i audio system are an evolution of an Award-winning system that retains issues low-cost and cheerful, however by no means compromises on the construct and end high quality, or on the vigorous, agile and open-sounding efficiency. The audio system ship lush midrange, ample scale, pleasing bass depth and refined readability, with a sound that can make you double-check the reasonably priced price ticket. These 3020i audio system are additionally compact sufficient to suit into any area, however we would advocate giving them a little bit of area within the room. As we mentioned in our evaluation: “It’s not the tip of the world in the event that they’re positioned close to a wall, although – they merely lose a little bit openness and agility.”
I am unable to consider a finances mixture of really wonderful hi-fi separates that work collectively so seamlessly as this trio. I perceive that £799 shall be a substantial sum of money for a lot of, however in my expertise at What Hello-Fi?, I have not come throughout a greater finances system of hi-fi separates that sounds so satisfying or delivers such an excellent return on your cash. And it genuinely is an efficient deal, particularly contemplating how the price of hi-fi equipment has risen in recent times. Whether or not you are seeking to improve or begin your very first hi-fi system, this bundle deal at Richer Sounds is a good place to start out.
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