As cheap.......or as expensive as will satisfy your musical preferences!!!
How cheap can you go and still be happy with the sound?
I would think many guys on this forum are spoilt by the gear they have and never listen anymore on cheap rigs.
I was listening recently on my younger daughter’s PC audio rig and got reminded again of how good it sounds. There is a fairly high level of clarity, detail, tonal balance and great bass in this rig.
- Yamaha HS8 powered monitors: $700 to $800
- Yamaha WXC-50 MusicCast streamer+dac+preamp: $450, often found on A4L for around $300
- Audioquest Powerquest PQ3 (was around $200 or so)
IMO, this would qualify as a high quality (sonically) charity price hifi rig for any younger or older person w.r.t small room nearfield or midfield listening.
What is the cheapest rig that has brought you happiness these days?
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I am a Linn fan with multiple active room corrected systems….put a jbl bar 700 in my new guest house. For $/650 easy peasy good sound with no wires at all on rears so can take out on porch for evening stereo. Also have quad outdoor speakers definitive technology on the dock powered by Yamaha and sounds good. Getting old helps but the original is still exceptional |
@inna I totally understand that..., but, frankly or somehow, i either managed to lower my expectations on scale, etc while sitting nearfield.....or maybe, it has to do with the fact that an enormous amount of recordings to this day can be traced back to some Yamaha monitor....not too sure, but, it sounded quite good/was enjoyable for charity price. |
@inna I usually agree with or at least acknowledge your contributions, but this seems a bit out of touch. $10-$15K minimum for "good" sound? Nah. My system now’s total cost is about $4500 and sounds much better than my previous $12K system. But on a more important note, I’m also blissfully happy listening to music in my classroom system played on a Craigslist-bought Technics SL-B30 ($45) with a new AT85 cartridge ($39) and belt ($12) played through a Schiit Mani ($99) into AudioEngine A5+ speakers (also CL - $129). |
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