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Intro system budget problem

Im new, and I mean the blissfully ignorant to anything Hifi new (dont take that the wrong way, I know its a fever :P). Well I just took my first step into the realm and purchased a pair of Ohm Acoustics Microwalsh Tall SE's. The problem? I need everything else. I have a $2500 budget now at $1000 dollars for everything else (will have future upgrade investments). In the 3-4 weeks it will take the Ohm's to ship out here, I would like to have something ready to use and (not)abuse them. I was informed by numerous friends that speakers should be the single largest investment so I threw a good amount of my budget at the Ohms.

Again I dont know much about audio, the setup, or specifications and I need everything, speaker wire, receiver(integrated?) and whatever else. What I know is my out of the box cheap walmart Sony receiver 5.1 HT setup in a small 12'x16' room. I stream music to the receiver via media server support from my computer. I have iPod but no connection to receiver.

I have done a lot of reading on this forum prior to me making my account today and I appear to have a very strict budget (for the hobby), and would just like to be at least pointed in the right direction before I blindly go about building my system all wrong in specifications.

Thank you for your insights!

Brian
daseiler

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mapman
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Peach tree Decco or Nova if you can squeeze it used would be an easy and nice fit.

You could upgrade to an outboard amp later and use the Peachtree as a DAC and pre-amp only later if you ever feel the need.

NAd integrated is a good path also. Probably a beefier amp there for the $$s if you like louder rock/pop type music. Squeezebox Touch might be had also for the budget to stream music off the computer and internet via a Wifi or wired network and includes a decent DAC as well.
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mapman
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Daseiler,

What music server program do you use and what file format for music files? Is teh server an Apple or PC?
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Keep in mind sb touch requires logitech media server program but it does integrate with itunes.
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I think that will be a very nice sounding rig for very reasonable cost.

Keep us posted!
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