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Looking to build a system for under $5k

Hello,

I am brand new to audio and looking to put a system together for around/under $5k all in. Any recommendations?

This would be mainly for CD audio but expandable for phono in the future. I have a small bedroom that I am dedicating as a music room upstairs in a cape cod style home. So it has angled walls that follow the roof line.

Looking for components that offer the biggest bang for the buck. I've done some research over the last couple of months and it seems like the Vandersteen 1Ci might be a good cornerstone to design a system around.


Thanks,

Joe

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pokey77
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$5K used will get you a lot more than new components.

First, decide which speaker you want because this will have the most significant affect on sound. This should be first if you want to have success. Good comment above about remembering that low efficiency speakers will require better amps and may push you out of your budget.

Second, find an integrated the synergizes well with your speaker choice. 

Thirdly get your source player, the best you can afford, and then if you have some budget left over some reasonably priced power cables, interconnects, speaker cables. 
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