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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
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: Sonicbeauty
Hello,
I will only respond to the first part of your paragraph, when you say...'' I am just starting out in this HI-FI stuff ''
Here is my answer: RUN, RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN AND DON'T LOOK BACK !!!!
If you INSIST on spending 5K, here's a suggestion: ALL prices are ''AUDIOGON'' prices. Shop wisely and get mint for the price of rust.
AMP: 1K(or less)on a Naim Nait 5i integrated : INCREDIBLE for the money. All you need and more for this kind of budget.
Alternative choice: Arcam A 85. Nothing wrong with it - more power, more flexibility, and true usable tone controls.
Speakers: Polk LSi 15. (less than 1K) These are the most underated speakers on the planet. Forget about the Polk name not being ''audiophike enough''. Read up on them here (Audiogon) and on the web where there are many glowing reviews. I owned them once. Regret selling them too. ( And I once owned obscenely expense speakers in the past). Great overall performers, with refined sound in part due to the Ring Radiator tweeter used on some designs costing $$$$. Huge sound, extremely dynamic and lively. all you need, really.
Alternative choice: QUAD 22L. Much more body than a diminutive bookshelf, credible lows, and fit'N'finish worthy of 3 times the price gear. Good looking too.
CD Player: Shanling CDT-100 cd player. (around $ 1,000) Worth it's selling price on just sound. But of course there'es way more to this player as many of us know. Choice of tubed or solid state output, upsampling on the fly, headphone jack - and of course - a breathtaking visual centerpiece of your system - bathed in blue lights in a dimmed room.
Alternative digital choice: A good ( and less sexy )alternative would be the Denon 3910 universal player. Great sound, with killer DVD player thrown in for free.
Cables, (speaker and interconnects): Anti-cables by Paul Speltz: Very nice for the money. You could spend a lot more and get less. You probably cannot spend less and get more. No fuss, no big names, just great sound. Around $ 300.00 will get you speaker cables and two sets of interconnects.
So here it is
Naim 5i or Arcam A 85 = 900.00
Polks LSi 15 or Quad 22L = 900.00
Shanling T 100 or Denon 3910 = 1,100 (Shanling)
Cables from Paul = 300.00
If you shop wisely, you can get this nice (and it WILL be nice) system for less than $ 3,500
With the rest of the money, get $ 200 dollars woth of cd's (just to '' start the ball rolling'' with your system, and treat your significant other to a great evening out !
Your'e still $ 1,000.00 ahead...of your initial 5K. I doubt you can get better performance unless you spend quite a bit more. Then, maybe you will come to the conclusion that it is all you really need. Then forget about hi-fi and enjoy the music for awhile.
Hope you found this of some help!
Sonicbeauty (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)
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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