In Reply to: Newbie starter system $300.00 posted by Sumflow on June 27, 2012 at 17:53:17:
Good question!I have been very pleased with my current minimal cost setup:
Speakers - Polk R300 ($49.95 each on sale at Fry's, or $160 per pair everyday price at Walmart) placed about 10 inches from the rear wall these sound very good (really!)
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Polk-Audio-R300-Floorstanding-Tower-Speaker-Priced-as-a-pair/20449373
Amplifier - NuForce Icon Amp ($189), 24 Watts per channel. Plenty of power for the 90 dB efficient R300s.
http://www.nuforce.com/hp/products/iconamp/index.php
Run any line-level analog input into the amp (CD/DVD/Blu-Ray player, Ipod line out, or DAC output). I added a Schiit Bifrost DAC ($350) but before this I was using the analog output of our Sony TV and the sound was still very nice. The TV streams Pandora, Rhapsody, etc over the internet, or I can play CD's using the Blu-Ray player attached to the TV.
The amp and speakers are a very musical combination.
Edits: 06/28/12
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- RE: Newbie starter system $300.00 - kh6idf 18:32:57 06/27/12 (18)
- RE: Newbie starter system $300.00 - Sumflow 19:56:05 06/27/12 (17)
- The topic is "Newbie starter system $300.00" - soulfood 04:25:59 06/28/12 (16)
- System $300 - Sumflow 17:40:29 06/28/12 (15)
- RE: System $300 - Frommerstop 18:36:02 06/28/12 (9)
- System $300 - Sumflow 20:23:07 06/28/12 (3)
- Come on - do we really need this "picture book" treatment in every post of yours?! - willkayakforfood 20:28:20 06/28/12 (2)
- Right Brain vs: Left Brain - Sumflow 21:53:06 06/28/12 (0)
- "picture book" - Sumflow 20:31:18 06/28/12 (0)
- $250 of his saved up $300 allowance on speakers? LOL -nt - soulfood 19:05:12 06/28/12 (4)
- RE: $250 of his saved up $300 allowance on speakers? LOL -nt - Frommerstop 19:17:34 06/28/12 (3)
- RE: $250 of his saved up $300 allowance on speakers? LOL -nt - soulfood 20:06:11 06/28/12 (2)
- RE: $250 of his saved up $300 allowance on speakers? LOL -nt - Frommerstop 21:11:15 06/28/12 (1)
- RE: $250 of his saved up $300 allowance on speakers? LOL -nt - soulfood 08:49:58 06/29/12 (0)
- Who is this "anyone else" what would their utterances mean to you? - soulfood 18:23:46 06/28/12 (4)
- RE: Who is "anyone else" - Sumflow 20:53:22 06/28/12 (3)
- RE: Who is "anyone else" - soulfood 21:22:47 06/28/12 (2)
- RE: "...compatible dates" - willkayakforfood 21:28:49 06/28/12 (1)
- :^) -nt - soulfood 08:40:07 06/29/12 (0)