Apartment Dweller's Paradise - The Ideal 2 ch. system?


We've had really great threads on Audiogon so far, so I'd like to keep the ball rolling.

One subject rarely covered enough in the music world are systems that are specifically for apartment dweller's. These systems are more modest in size and cost. Dolby Atmos? Forget-about-it!

How would you put together a system, under $10k, soup to nuts?


erik_squires

Showing 6 responses by schubert

Triangles are best for buck around , sound like real music .

But, as far as I can see they no longer have distributor  in USA .
courant, I l hear you, live in a condo as well .
My solution was to find a unit with a outside wall onto a 8 feet wide stairwell, and a 20 foot bedroom on the other side of my living room.
Floor is 3 feet of concrete as it is roof of underground parking. Haven’t heard anything from ceiling in 3 years so whatever it is OK.
No sweat to listen at normal volume at 3 AM . Took me over a year to find it .
.Oh, also put thick cork mat over inside of door .
Most of US is in a bubble on housing , an 100 grand a year job won't get you a house  in many places . Most houses in Twin Cities sell for over listed price, often Far over , and are financed by  the Bank of Mom & Dad .
There is always a pr of Sennheiser HD headphones and an Woo or Pangea headphone amp .
In my bedroom I have a pr of HD 650’s driven by a Pangea HD 201
which uses one 12AX7, using an Amprex Holland on mine ,
NAD 565BEE as source
All bought used except the Pagea , I have less than a grand in it and truth be told, it sounds so good it would be my only system were I a young man just starting out in Audio .
I would use the money I spent on my other system(s) to either buy a new
Mercedes 550 or make a nice donation To "Save the Children Fund " .

I never really liked " phones but I was surprised how quickly I adjusted to them when I actually spent time required to adjust !
Ideal system for a SMALL space is a headphone system ,
With a little careful buying you can get as good, or better, than the average
10K$ system for a thousand bucks .
And 95% of the population can adjust to "phones. After 3-4 weeks they seem normal .