ADVICE PLEASE


Novice guy here so be Nice.

I recently came across a brand new in a box Yamaha Rx-V861 that my brother purchased some time ago. He never got around to even opening the box and now its mine.  I purchased a pair of B&W tower speakers 600 series and I need advice on speaker cable and anything else that you feel I should add?  My original plan was a budget of $3000, I got the receiver for free and spent $1800.00 on the speakers.  Thoughts?  Used amp? Cd player?  What say you?


kdogone

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Speaker cables: Could be dirt cheap from Walmart, or super expensive. I don’t believe in sonic differences, so I just buy for aesthetics. For less than $40/pair, I own these:
https://www.amazon.com/GearIT-Premium-Braided-Speaker-Plated/dp/B07195V25F?th=1

Are you the type that would use a CD player? I’m the type to rip my CD’s and then just stream it over Wi-Fi to my system.

If you want a CD player, since you’d want to use digital out anyway, it’d be hard to beat this for the price:
https://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-C-7030-Compact-Player-Black/dp/B004UR487A/

As for a Toslink cable, and again just for aesthetics, maybe this:
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Optical-Audio-Cable-Toslink/dp/B0789K2MKL/


Please don’t listen to the other guy, spending the same amount on RCA cables as on the turntable and the CD player, that’s just silly.

Future purchase should be a subwoofer (or two), I recommend looking at Rythmik, HSU, SVS, and PowerSoundAudio. 
 
Oh, and if you want a universal remote (and have a computer to set it up), the Logitech Harmony line is great, I have the 650 and love it for being <$50.