How do you determine how much to spend on speakers


Hello all,

I am just starting out in this HI-FI stuff and have a pretty modest budget (prospectively about 5K) for all. Any suggestions as to how funds should be distributed. At this stage, I have no interest in any analog components. Most notably, whether or not it is favorable to splurge on speakers and settle for less expensive components and upgrade later, or set a target price range and stick to it.

Thanks
krazeeyk

Showing 2 responses by uraniumcommittee

I would spend 1/2 to 2/3 on speakers. It deepnds on what speakers you like, after all. Some speakers may take a lot more power to drive them, and so you may have to buy a used high-power amp to start with.
Use the same formula that DeBeers uses (but wait, there's more than one!):

http://minuk.vox.com/library/posts/tags/debeers/

http://www.dashes.com/anil/2006/12/01/blood_diamonds