Marty,
Sounds like you want a good sounding budget system and don't want to fuss with it much beyond that. I don't think you will be dissapointed with either the Music Hall amp or the Outlaw. Personally I would try and buy all this stuff used if you can. You will save upwards of 50% and it won't depreciate much beyond that. The Cd player does seem like a good buy new though. If you don't think you are the fiddly fussy audiophile type who is going to be constantly changed out stuff in your system just get the Music Hall combo from HCM and call it a day. If you've never had a decent stereo system you're gonna love it! If you keep lurking on these forums and desire to learn more and hear better, beware you are becoming an audiophile, get ready to start obsessing.
Sounds like you want a good sounding budget system and don't want to fuss with it much beyond that. I don't think you will be dissapointed with either the Music Hall amp or the Outlaw. Personally I would try and buy all this stuff used if you can. You will save upwards of 50% and it won't depreciate much beyond that. The Cd player does seem like a good buy new though. If you don't think you are the fiddly fussy audiophile type who is going to be constantly changed out stuff in your system just get the Music Hall combo from HCM and call it a day. If you've never had a decent stereo system you're gonna love it! If you keep lurking on these forums and desire to learn more and hear better, beware you are becoming an audiophile, get ready to start obsessing.