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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. 11-05-05   Imo there is nothing in the audio chain that will change the ...   Whoaru99 11-06-05   Whoaru99, most people that suggest source is the most import ...   Lush 11-06-05   I'd certainly agree that top notch speakers should better wh ...   Whoaru99 11-06-05   As much as possible! then you can slowly upgrade your other ...   Stne418 11-06-05   Whoaru, as you can probably agree, the second the sony's and ...   Lush 11-06-05: Cdc IMO, it's a major mistake to go into a purchase with a dollar amount. Typical dealer question "How much do you plan on spending?". Then they sell you a speaker at that amount without considering you could have gotton acceptable sound for much less. Or maybe you need to spend more to be satisfied. I understand people have a budget but if you go in with a dollar amount you will automatically go up to your maximum amount instead of just focusing on the sound. Cdc  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 11-10-05   Here here cdc! speakers should have little if any character ...   dfking@ 04-27-06   - the rule of thumb that i would use is the following: 40% ...   Keyboredplayer55 07-19-06   I think that the formula must include money for room treatme ...   Ehlarson 07-20-06   I have always believed the room was half the battle. the ro ...   Launche 07-20-06   There is no rule of thumb. if you like the speakers and can ...   Mrtennis 08-02-06   My .02$ for a begining audiophile: understand that you don' ...   Cjsmithmd 08-02-06   Cjsmithmd, i have to say that your post is one of the most s ...   Wattsboss 08-03-06   Wow, wattboss, you're welcome! yes, i really like this hobb ...   Cjsmithmd 08-06-06   I think i remember reading that the speakers should be at le ...   Opticaltee 08-07-06   Opticaltee, hmmmm... you must be as old as me :) i remembe ...   Cjsmithmd 08-07-06   I used to be in the "spend the most on the speakers cam ...   Jb8312 08-21-06   Your speakers are only going to sound as good as the room wi ...   Crna39 10-26-06   I am of the front end school. but for what it is worth here ...   Appassionata 11-02-06   Buy your dream speakers first and build everything else arou ...   Redwoodgarden 11-02-06   Redwoodgarden, well said.   Shadorne 11-03-06   I think first instead of how much you want to spend on speak ...   Bianchi27 11-19-06   With all due respect, my speakers only cost 20% of the total ...   Turboglo 11-20-06   I think you should budget as much as you can to get into the ...   Jim_swantko 11-22-06   Interesting quote from ashley james of avi hifi (uk), not se ...   Jack667 12-10-06   The speakers are a choice that is left up to a persons own e ...   Groundhog 12-12-06   In building a system. first you buy speakers that asthetical ...   jessy98@ 12-15-06   I'll chime in on the "garbage in, garbage out" sid ...   Aubullience 12-15-06   for that matter, so are all other components. i'd add the &q ...   Gregm 01-22-07   With so many great sounding budget electronics and source co ...   Drw50 01-22-07   Hello, i will only respond to the first part of your paragr ...   Sonicbeauty 01-22-07   I use the speakerspender dart board to determine how much to ...   Macrojack 01-27-07   A couple of speakers you can get on the used market, like he ...   Jaymark 02-08-07   I have spent thousands since 1979 on speakers, i.e., bose 60 ...   Classical_fred 02-09-07   if the music was well recorded. but usually one buys the mus ...   Gregm 02-11-07   Thanks for correcting my english gregm. your absolutely cor ...   Classical_fred 02-12-07   fred -- that's a difficult question to answer. the bbc type ...   Gregm 02-12-07   Having been some time since i added to this thread and some ...   Blindjim 03-06-07   I would spend 1/2 to 2/3 on speakers. it deepnds on what spe ...   Uraniumcommittee 03-08-07   Use the same formula that debeers uses (but wait, there's mo ...   Uraniumcommittee 03-14-07   i spent $1600 on speakers (paradigm studio 60 v.3) , $500 ...   Alaric 04-14-07   No more than $1000.... dcm tfe200's!   Hifisoundguy 04-14-07   I'm with uraniumcommitte's 1/2 to 2/3 of total component spe ...   Shadorne 04-14-07   I am in general agreement with shadorne but there are some s ...   Eldartford 04-14-07   That is a difficult question that has many variables. price ...   Larryrx7 05-20-07   There's a lot of responses already, so i'm sure my opinion h ...   Motortoad 05-20-07   I realize now what my future speaker will be. i orginally ha ...   Bartokfan 06-02-07   Find a pair you love the sound of. find the price and then ...   Wireless200 06-25-07   If it were me, i'd buy used to begin with, on audiogon. and ...   Waltcertain 11-07-07   if you get magnepans then you can spend as low as 10% of yo ...   Lightminer

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