Hi There, What you might want to do is get the folks a decent center channel speaker and some kind of A/V recever to power it. I know my aging (quite gracefully) parents have trouble understanding TV dialog, etc. and I'm going to get them this soon. Regards, Ken
Cheap CD option for the folks
This is not a HiFi question, but maybe you can help. My parents have an inexpensive mass market system with crude speakers. They're retired now and have lots of time, and I would like to treat them to some better sound. They would never think it worthwhile to upgrade their system themselves, and whatever I do must be modest. So, I am thinking of something like buying them a pair of Paradigm Atoms, which would fit in well and wouldn't seem extravagant to them. ----- They don't have a CD player in their system (they do have a CD boombox), and I think maybe I should get them one of those, too. Are there any really inexpensive options -- I'm thinking maybe a well-made portable -- that people could suggest that would fit the plan here? I'm looking for suggestions for the cream of the cheapie alternatives. ----- Thanks.