Best 1,000 complete system for girlfriend ideas


She wants to buy new at Best buy while I am trying to talk her into high end used? She lives in an apartment. She listens to jazz, sting, Sade?, etc. Any Suggestions?
My suggestion
DVD//CD $175 Best buy special
Speakers $300 Kef cresta 2
Amp. NAD $300
Preamp NAD $200
cable EXOS $25
$1,000

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You can go to AudioAdvisor.com and go to the as new/demo clearance page. A DVD player might be a good idea. You could connect her TV to the system.


CD Players: Cambridge Audio D300SE $250
Or the Cambridge D500SE $349.
Amplifier: Cambridge Audio A300V2 $219
Interconnects: Analysis Plus Oval One $69.95
Speaker Cables Audioquest CV-4 $119.95
At a local dealer, get her a pair of B&W DM303 $300.


Alternately go to http://www.spearitsound.com/
They have new factory refurbished NAD audio receivers (not HT). The C730 is $329. Then she'll have a AM/FM tuner also. Spearit Sound is also a Cambridge Audio and B&W Speaker dealer, so you could get the rest there also. The Cambridge Amp is only $250 new, the D300SE $289. Ask for Richard Moulding or Jack Tozzi. Check their specials/demo/used page also.


Cambridge Audio has a DVD player now also.
Or do a combination of AudioAdvisor and SpearitSound.

I thought about it some more and the comments to keep it simple are best. So a the NAD receiver or the better all-in-one systems, along with some good speakers. Looks probably matter too, just as much as sound. For looks using regular components, get her a nice looking audio rack to put the gear on.