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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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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   Imo, it's a major mistake to go into a purchase with a dolla ...   Cdc

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: Wattsboss
Cjsmithmd,
I have to say that your post is one of the most sane and helpful and insightful and practical posts I have ever read. Somehow in reading it, I drew larger lessons about life, about career choices, etc ... You seem to say, just start, do some research, understand that the journey will take time, make adjustments, learn what you like, move toward what you like, understanding all along that you will never achieve perfection ... and enjoy yourself as much as you can along the way ... man, a great philosophy of life! ... thanks! ..

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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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