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In Reply to: They said it couldn't be done: a budget system in the mid-fi price range..... posted by wangmr on March 27, 2015 at 08:53:19:
You have a budget but then put together just 2 pieces of a system and one is over the max budget and the two you mate is more than 2x the max amount. How are you successful meeting your goal especially, as you still need music sources. Cabling is not an issue as you can buy all that for less than $20.
As for whether they mate and sound good as a combo is a separate issue. Many threads ask about putting combos together related to something many responders have never heard but they just favor something that may work.
You could put something together in the price range you mention using a chip amp. These apparently sound good from reports by others. There are many very decent speaker systems for a couple of hundred. Use a tablet for a music source. A Blackberry Playbook though not a great seller has an excellent audio system even through the headphone output. It also has a HDMI output. Using various apps available for it you can stream most fm stations and the usual streaming and download sites. These can be bought new for less than $100. I use mine this way.
Dvd players can be had for as little as $25 new and can beat expensive CD players of only a couple of years ago. FM stereo tuner, sure. Takes a little searching now but the Grundig/Eton S350D and DL have stereo line outputs and the earphone output is stereo. A quite decent portable. These originally sold for about $300 but I have seen new ones for less than $50. There are other portables with similar capabilities that are inexpensive.
To bring it together you will need a multi input selector. These can usually be had in the $10 range. Nothing vintage. Of course there are those all-in-one executive and micro systems. I have heard a number of them that were decent; usually the speakers where the limiting factor. Different speakers can kick them up and give very decent sound. I just gave a Philips system away. I included some better speakers and with them it sounded decent enough that I could have used it in the office.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
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- Over Budget - Brian Levy 11:33:50 03/31/15 (1)
- RE: Over Budget / thanks for your contribution [n.t.a.] - wangmr 07:04:10 04/01/15 (0)
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