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Really Inexpensive Systems That Sounded Great?

I think there is a big difference between "cheap" and inexpensive. I have blown money on "cheap" cables and immediately regretted it when my ears started bleeding from the brightness in my digital components. I also don’t mean "bargains" like the time I scored $2000 speakers for $200 on Craigslist, that is basically luck.

I am talking about inexpensive (less than $1500) for a system that sounded really great to you.

I fell into a whole house audio system from DTS Play-Fi because I wanted to try and compare different brands. I picked up Play-Fi amps, preamps and active speakers made by Polk, Paradigm, Klipsch, Onkyo and DefTech all for less than $1000 a pop. For what it is, whole house audio/casual listening it sounds great.

What inexpensive great sounding systems have you tried?

 

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Nothing , at that price point , I just built a second audio system for the Mrs.

it has a Parasound A23+ amplifier shop,around I got a open box $1400, 

AudioGD  demo model $1k very under the radar, 

the very much reviewed Gustard R26, better then my pontus-2/after synergistic purple fuse  local dealer $1600+ fuse, Pangea sig mk2 power cords ,

Wireworld Eclipse xlr Audio cables . Older Klipsch speakers I rebuilt the Xovers 
the Equinox is a lower cost cable option still very good for others on more of a budget.

It sounds like a $10k system all day .having owned a audio store and 40+ years in making system synergy . There are a lot of bargains out there 

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