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Help a new guy get started

Hey everyone.
This is my first post so I apologize in advance if I botch it.
I am putting together a music only system for my bedroom (14x14x9) and I have a budget of about $1000-1200. I've spent lots of time reading the posts and checking out manufacturers websites and I think that has confused me more than help. At this point the NHT Classic lines look appealing as do the Image series from PSB for speakers. I'm also looking at Integrated amps and stereo receivers from Marantz, NAD and (don't curse) the new Yamaha stereo receivers released recently. For now my source will be my Macbook Pro and a small DAC like the HRT or the Nuforce. Eventually, I'd like to add something like the Olive 3, but that is down the line.

Any advice?
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hotmailjbc
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lots of great ideas. i use the decco with a 500 watt power amp with magnepans and velodyne subs and for a budget system it is really nice. lots of flexibility and well thought out options. i did use the decco alone with mb quarts for a year and the amp is ok. not great or esoteric like some of the other suggestions. peachtree is a good company i think. you can always upgrade the power cord and get good ics and spk wires. i would get another one.with no reservations. good luck
hotmailjbc
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hi, your room isn,t too big so possibly a used pr of bookshelf speakers by a good manufacturer would get you into something that would really sound great. the decco origonally had a 5db boost button to roll the bass up at low listening levels. if you like loud music i would look at effecient speakers. my decco has nasty clipping when over driven. but with 4 ohm mb quart towers it plays plenty loud.
hotmailjbc
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i have the mb quart towers that were made in germany and sold before the reorganization in the us. pretty good speakers with titanium tweeters and ported woofers at the bottom. they play very loud with the decco. so i am of the opinion that it is very stable into 4 ohms. peachtree has a site and fbook page. maybe ask there if anyone has tried these speakers. if clipped and i just tested it with magnepans and dcm speakers it makes a bad noise but this is the characteristic of this class of amp and the decco isn,t designed for these speakers because they are innefficient. i listen to pink floyd, led zepplin type rock but not at earth shattering levels. but i do get loud.
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