Video Asylum

Posted by Aroc (A) on June 12, 2002 at 13:42:49

In Reply to: Re: ~$500-800 to spend on a stereo posted by ludwigvan968 on June 12, 2002 at 09:44:57:

The Wharfedale diamonds are good. So are the Wharfedale Emeralds, which I have. Lots of people get them from uBid (hope this isn't against the PG to type that). I have the Emerald 97s, myself. they seem to be a good entry-level audiophile speaker.

you could probably get some decent speakers for $150 (maybe a little more for shipping, esp. if using uBid). then maybe a nad (c370 ?) integrated amp used from the classifieds on audiogon.com. I see various NAD integrateds ranging from $260-$410 (or so). Maybe get the Sony SCD-CE775 CD/SACD player, that is all the rave in the Hi-Rez forum. Should be about $179-225 at Circuit city or Best buy, etc. Maybe less for a floor demo or open box. For the tuner, I would get an old 1970s Sansui tuner, or the like off of eBay for like $30 - but that's me. There are probably several tuners (maybe a matching NAD one?) listed on audiogon.

150
+(260-410)
+(179-225)
+30
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$619-815

plus add shipping, and get some decent gold plated interconnects abd speaker cables from Radio Shack (don't mess with the esoteric stuff yet!). Also forgot to add a rack to place everything on. I dunno. use an 8ft folding banquet table for now! hehe. Are we much over budget?