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New System for the House

I want to put together a small system for our living room. The room is only 20' x 14' and has wood floors, ceiling and walls. It's real wood (3/4" tongue and groove pine) and is stained not painted. The ceilings are 8.5' high. I've got a 32" LCD currently.

I'd like audiogoner's input on an integrated amp and two small speakers.
On the amp I need at least 2 inputs and would like remote volume control. Looks are important in that this will be a hard sell for my wife.
On the speaker side, I like the Totem Rainmakers if that gives an idea of size and response, I'm not opposed to adding sub, if there's a good amp that'll drive it without additional electronic hardware.

Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated.

Oh, and I want to keep the whold shebang under 2 grand. Sounds easy enough, eh?
hhdinc
philnyc
162 posts
 
I think the new Blue Circle amps can look quite elegant:

http://www.bluecircle.com/images/gallery/x0ddb6b8a7a5a3fdece94e55dea899444.jpg
readster
241 posts
 
here's an idea, you could grow a pair, and tell the wife that you are going to set up a great sounding system, and then go for what you want. of course i've been married 3 times, so what the heck do i know, right ?
hhdinc OP
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I didn't mean any offense to those who like the look of the BC stuff, I read up more on it and it sounds like the guy making it is a hoot!. I think I'm going to build my own speakers based on my conversations with the folks at Madisound. I'm seriously considering a couple of Dared pieces, the SL-2000A pre and the VP-300B mono blocks. They're small, suit my tastes asthetically, fit the budget and most folks in the SET camp seem to like them as long as the speakers they're driving are efficient enough.
Thanks for everyone's input - even you Readster. I'm on my first wife, she's a keeper - I try to pick my battles very carefully.
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