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How do you determine how much to spend on speakers

Hello all, I am just starting out in this HI-FI stuff and have a pretty modest budget (prospectively about 5K) for all. Any suggestions as to how funds should be distributed. At this stage, I have no interest in any analog components. Most notably, whether or not it is favorable to splurge on speakers and settle for less expensive components and upgrade later, or set a target price range and stick to it. Thanks Krazeeyk  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 01-16-02

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 03-28-04   !0 years ago i was in the exact same boat.i put almost all ...   Darinr 04-06-04   I'm with dennis_the_menace, with minor reservations. with t ...   Muralman1 04-07-04   At ces 2004, dave wilson was trying to answer this age-old q ...   Johnmcelfresh 04-10-04   I don't think this took any guts. he was obviously able to ...   Drrdiamond 04-10-04   Dr diamond: regardless of how dave wilson was able to " ...   Sean 04-11-04   I`m not going to tell what to spend speakers, amps, linestag ...   Cylinderking_1 04-11-04   As much as you can afford, plus 15%!!!   Swampwalker 04-12-04   Sean, i was just responding to the statement prior to mine, ...   Drrdiamond 05-09-04   Lots of different points of view on here bout the way things ...   Joolz 06-02-04   (in my opinion) they are the most crucial component for the ...   frank.siebold@ 08-26-04   Biro speakers, best buy for the money, period.   George3763 08-26-04   Determine your budget and double it. nice try swampwalker!   Nrchy 08-26-04   Hi george, welcome to posting on audiogon. from your other ...   Ozfly 09-01-04   Hi there, i am not affiliated with any company, just another ...   George3763 09-27-04   Thinking back over 35 years of enjoying recorded and live mu ...   Dr_joe 10-05-04   Engagement ring money...but get the prenuptial done so you g ...   Baranyi 10-09-04   Czik=newbee; i've heard a nad-lynn chain the other day for 1 ...   lpccc@ 10-12-04   First, decide on what you like to listen to and then scour t ...   Nonoise 10-12-04   Krayzeeyk, this thread is getting close to 3 years old. jus ...   Ozfly 11-23-04   This is a good question to which i don't think there is a fi ...   Tcheathertree 12-05-04   To anybody that suggested audibile differences can't be dete ...   Lush 12-11-04   Monthly income x 3.125 = quality speakers annual income x 3. ...   Douglas_schroeder 01-18-05   Krazeeyk: get a used pair of infinity intermezzo 2.6's with ...   Jburidan 02-07-05   A good rule of thumb would be 10 to 15 percent of your net w ...   Jmzzz01 02-10-05   Krazeeyk, imho there is no set point as to what to spend on ...   Artizen65 02-10-05   I think douglas schroeder is using the "debeers equatio ...   Gunbei 02-21-05   Personally, it's not the loudspeakers as much as the equipme ...   Blindjim 03-15-05   Personally i start with speakers. whatever does it for me th ...   Sonicnirvana 03-20-05   Basicly i believe there are two schools of thought, one says ...   Uru975 04-03-05   Hi all for those of you that are curious, i have purchas ...   Krazeeyk 05-07-05   Re: digital sound. in my experience, a good dac can do wond ...   Skushino 05-08-05   Yikes....5k in plenty. the speaker-room interface is proba ...   Kevperro 05-19-05   Decent speakers w/crap electronics=crap. here is my example. ...   Alburger 05-29-05   Sensitivity rating on the speakers should be a consideration ...   ahcjmh1@ 06-03-05   I just replaced the 901s with a pair of klipsch rf7s. wow! w ...   Alburger 06-04-05   I would call klaus at odyssey and tell him you want a 5k dig ...   Ss396 06-23-05   Hi all, the challenge so far is the room size 20'x18'. ...   Krazeeyk 06-23-05   There is a bigger difference in sound quality/characteristic ...   Peter_klim 06-26-05   I say you just need to take as much as you think you can aff ...   Blindjim 07-06-05   In my humble audiophile opinion start by spending half the b ...   R_f_sayles 07-06-05   buy the best speakers you can period, that way as you up-gr ...   Chadnliz 07-31-05   If you have the room for magnapans, like the 1.6s or even 3. ...   Kythyn 08-01-05   I bought a vpi mk3 with a morch arm,and with the money left ...   76doublebass 08-31-05   I always ask my wife......   Autospec 10-13-05   My plan of attack was to purchase "a class" 7.1 el ...   Jkalman 11-03-05   I subscribe entirely swampwalker's opinion: "in other ...   Sony 11-03-05   Sony i agree that better electronics are more important than ...   Nrchy 11-03-05   In my system,i spent about half my budget on speakers,about ...   Pragmatist 11-03-05: Sony Nrchy, I haven't said that the amplifiers are more important than the source, but that I would put more money on them. Without a good source, forget about it. The main reason to spend more money in the amplifier than the source is simple: Good amplifiers are much more expensive than good sources! With 5K you can buy a good source. With 5K you can only buy an average altough powerful amplifier or a fine but weak amplifier. Sony  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 11-03-05   Intersting comments, sony. there may be something to that. ...   Nrchy

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