Take a look at the top 2 results. Good luck with your search.
https://forum.audiogon.com/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=best+%245000+system
https://forum.audiogon.com/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=best+%245000+system
OK here is the challenge for you
Take a look at the top 2 results. Good luck with your search. https://forum.audiogon.com/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=best+%245000+system |
I think you should try again, this time with a spreadsheet asking for systems at every price point $1k to $5k, and also for tube, SS, analog, and digital, and also for listening room, bedroom, car and RV- oh and dorm room too of course. I'm sure you will find lots of guys eager to take the time to work out what would be best in each situation and list all the details for all these different fantasies. It has after all been done a zillion times, in spite of what your poor search results show. |
My question was asked in the name of something that might be fun to do given our limited mobility caused by the pandemic ( which sadly is not going away anytime soon). But your grand idea has more utility the best of systems for various applications and at price points per the experiences of seasoned hobbyists.two charts one for tubes one for SS and lets not forget to add the attributes and compromises associated with each system. Unfortunately, I have no computer skills to develop such a chart nor desire to.but a chart that could protect the systems enter by members while allowing access to all Audiogon members to add their ideas for systems would be useful I would think. It would be a place a person could go to view various synergistic system folks in the know compiled at those price points and what to expect from them. |
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Bluesound Node 2i - $450 Marantz HD-AMP1 - $750 Magnepan LRS - $650 The Marantz integrated (discontinued) originally sold for $1100, has a decent but older Sabre DAC on board and plenty of connection options. It's uses an older Hypex class d for amplification. (I use mine in the hot summer months in lieu of tubes.) I think it's a bargain at this price. Much has already been written about the Node 2i. It's been discounted as of late (likely at the end of its cycle). Or save yourself a few hundred bucks and find the discontinued Chromecast Audio for streaming. Much has already been written about the Maggies as well. They need some space, of course, but if your room can accommodate them you'll have a nice little system for under $2000. |