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newbie help with speakers and cd players

Hello and thanks for reading this post. I guess I'll ask my easy question first... What exactly is the difference between a CD player and a transport? Now, for my next question (Please be gentle as I'm currently unable to afford Tube based Amps and $5000 Speakers :)...I recently purchased a Harman Kardon AVR55 Receiver and am looking for a good set of speakers to run on it. The models I'm currently looking at are as follows : Snell Acoustics E-5, Mission 773, KEF Q75, Paradigm Legend, and Klipsch SF-2. Also, any input on the reciever would be nice too..btw I paid $179 for it. Thanks for the input
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gthirteen
349 posts
 
A Transport needs a DAC (digital to analog converter), while a CD player already has a DAC built in.
gthirteen
349 posts
 
As for the speakers, I've heard none of those, what is your absolute max that you are willing to spend?
paynejul1167 OP
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I Looking for speakers below $800/pair
danvetc
527 posts
 
Take a look at: http://www.goodsound.com for many great ideas and answers. Don't forget the PSB speaker line. Good luck! Charlie
sedond
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dint ewe have this thread in another topic? re: speakers, there were a pair of thiel 3.5's adwertized here for $650 - yer receiver may not have enuff grunt to drive 'em (they're not wery efficient, & they're rated at 4 ohms), but yule have a hard time getting better sound for the money. *and*, they're full-range - an honest 20h-20kh, +/-2db...
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