[Closed] Hi Fi people; your help please

Just plug an AirPort Extreme into whatever amp, etc floats yer boat, then just play everything from the MacBook.
I guess you could get an Apple TV and use that, streaming from whatever device you have to hand.
Both options should work ok, but as I have neither, I'm clearly no expert, I have a Mac Mini with all my music on, controlled by my phone or pad via Remote, and use the iPlayer on the Mac for 6Music.
The Mini is connected to an old Yamaha a/v amp via optical TOSLINK .

I've recently bought a Marantz 610 to do just what you want. DAB, wifi, airport, DLNA, Internet radio, Spotify, CD player etc & so far so good...

I had existing speakers to connect up to it otherwise you'll need speakers as well.

[url= http://www.ruarkaudio.com/ ]Ruark Audio[/url]

I've got an R1 in the kitchen and an R2 in the living room. The sound quality is better than my previous HK/B&W seperates set up (and a fraction of the size).

I cannot recommend them enough. Got them both from Hughes TV and audio

Thanks for the replies so far, I will check them out.

Anybody else care to recommend something?

BB

How much you looking to spend?

Airport into some studio monitor speakers would be good, I got some [url= http://www.samsontech.com/samson/products/studio-monitors/studiodock/studiodock3i/ ]Samson StudioDock 3[/url] ones that take an USB output (though plugs directly into my Mac mini.)

I really like my Sonos too, a Play 3 would do everything you want, but I'm not sure what the hi-if people would make of it. And it is pretty hassle free. There's a nice application that will run on the MacBook that allows you to control it all too. And it'll all work without any computer running too.

Just plug an AirPort Extreme into whatever amp, etc floats yer boat, then just play everything from the MacBook.

We stream Spotify, iTunes, internet radio or, as we have been doing recently, audio for the World Cup and Tour whilst projecting live action onto a wall for everyone in the office to see.

Amp/speaker set-up is some stuff I had in storage - a decent Sony amp with Sony Brooklands Edition floorstanders.

(Currently listening to Black Sabbath very loudly as there is no-one else in the office yet)....

There is, as ever, only one.

[url= http://www.naimaudio.com/hifi-products/type/all-one-player ]And here it is[/url]

I do wish OPs would tell us what their budget is in threads like this. Could have anything from some cheap bluetooth speakers to that Naim and a thousand things in-between 🙁 I guess it does make for some interestingly unexpected responses.

If you want to lose the amp why not go for some stereo airplay/bluetooth speakers?

[url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DB1FU6Y/ref=em_si_text ]Includes Apt-X codec[/url]

[url= http://store.apple.com/uk/product/H8251ZM/A/nocs-wireless-ns2-airplay-monitor-speakers ]Sexy Airplay speakers[/url]

[url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acoustics-BT3-Active-Bluetooth-Speakers/dp/B00E1FQMA2/ref=pd_sim_sbs_ce_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=14J9H8X5NRM9WY5S0ZP5 ]Sexy in Red?[/url]

[url= http://www.superfi.co.uk/p-13779-yamaha-rn500-networked-receiver.aspx ]If you're going the amp route then this is pretty good[/url] Spotify Connect is included as is Airplay, DLNA, networked via a wired connection - Bluetooth and Wifi can be added via dongles

Sorry Mr Blobby, didn't mean to irritate you. I've got a budget of £500, less would be good!

BB

There is, as ever, [s]only one[/s] quite a lot of choice in this area.

You may well need to listen to your options as well. Despite Mr Woppit's fanatical appreciation of Naim, they are a brand like any other. Some like it, some don't. My personal experiences so far of Naim are that they are a bit meh. Probably needs careful partnering with speakers but what I have listened to so far does not stand out to me as great. So, despite wanting to like them, they are not on my shopping list of hifi brands to buy.

Sorry, I'm just grumpy because my kids were up all night 🙁

I'd get the Sonos that best fits your room and budget. Sounds good and really works well. You can control it from your mac book and your smart phone. You can have more around the house sharing the same stuff. You can link them up in zones. Just a really nice neat one box hassle free solution that works.

one box <> hifi

If he wanted hifi would he really be wanting Spotify and something to play mp3? Also wifi? Surely he'd be asking for some gold plated ethernet cable.

Stereo>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not stereo

Get two sonos then and set them up as a stereo pair 🙂

two box <> one box 🙂

Quite like those red Q Acoustic ones.

Mr Blobby is quite right, I probably have used the wrong term (HiFi).I just want something that will give a reasonable sound quality in a smallish room for DAB and MP3 playback. I have enough obsessions in my life, I really can not afford another one!

BB

I think 'hifi' is a perfectly acceptable term for what you want - an MP3 provides hifi sound, just not as hifi as a top end turntable/amp/speaker set-up.

With a budget of ?£500, or thereabouts, an AirPort Extreme, with a decent amp from eBay, like a Rotel, NAD or Sony, with some Wharfedale, KEF, Mordant Short, or B&W bookshelf sized speakers, bought second-hand, ought to tick most boxes.
It's pointless getting really fancy kit and spending loads of dosh if it's not going to be in a dedicated listening room.
You could look at a pair of active speakers with the AirPort as well, that should fit into your budget, with minimum of wires as a bonus.

Like Woppit a fully signed up Naim fanboy, so personally would wait 'till the Mu-so arrives before deciding. Have a Ruark R1 by the bedside, and am mightily impressed, so would be inclined to look at their R4i if significant other required input into decision.