Small Home Advice

Thanks Eldragon, I have actually never heard of Linn and am always open to checking out new things. I'll ask around and see if anyone down here in the south has them demo'd or whatever. Maybe something will work out. You got it right though. All I need right now is something to listen to music on and to sound good. A pair of nice speakers, a nice amp, and a nice CD Player. Thanks for the help, and I welcome anyone elses criticism or comments. -Ryan

Hey Ryan, as far as speakers go, do you know about the Magnepan MMG? $500 new with a 60 trial period and a factory credit towards an upgrade if you choose to do so. Combine this with an inexpensive high power integrated amplifier( Magnepans love watts), a quality DVD player(quality sound and video versatility), and some quality cables(check AudioAdvisor.com and look at MIT cables on sale) and you have a pretty sweet system in the $1500-$1750 range.You could also go Eldragon's route on the cheap and check out the Linn Classik and some nice monitors(Linn Tukans, PSB's, or build a Dynaudio Kit from Madisound). In any case, you should have a quality sound thats only weakness would be in the lower frequencies. Good luck!

Thanks for your input! Actually at home we have (we being my family) a pair of Magneplan 1.6's paired with the Maggie MGSSI Surrounds and MGCCI Center Channel. Those five speakers are running off two Acurus amps, the wattage escapes my mind right now, but I know what you mean by they LOVE watts. Oh and the Acurus ACT-3 is at the head. I haven't heard anyone on the boards discuss Magneplan or Acurus (Monorail?) yet, but I think it sounds great! For both music and movies. I just have to get my dad to replace the wiring, b/c right now it is "lampcord."

What are your impressions of your home system? Not many people have the full Magnepan HT system. The Acurus DIA 100 or 150 was one of the integrateds I had in mind. Where in the South are you? I know a place that has a nice Linn display and am wondering where you found those Maggie surrounds.

I am currently living in Birmingham, AL. I goto school up in Huntsville, AL though. That's why I started this thread, so I'd have something to put in my apartment up there =). The Maggie dealer here in Birmingham is a shop called "Sound Decisions." They are a bunch of really really nice guys. Just for a quick example, I was like 17 years old and my 17 year old friend was with me. We walk into this Stereo shop looking for speakers only to find ourselves in the middle of a place selling speakers that were like thousands of dollars. But the associate(s) took time to sit us down, let us demo them, teach us, and get our input. Even let us go get a Techno CD out of the car to hear what it sounded like. The end result? Like I said, I bring my dad back and we buy a complete Maggie HT system with the Acurus Amps and what-not. Originally we were looking for speakers for music specifically. And I have to say that the Magnepan's blew me away. I am more of a Mid - High person than I am Bass. The 1.6's had an astounding image. I worked at *cough*Sears*cough* before this so I had only seen the crap they sold. Needless to say I was lost in glee. Eventually the guy mentioned that Magneplan offered a Center channel and surrounds. So we chucked out the cash and got it all installed. So, a little over a year later I think that the system in my home is one of the best I've heard. Granted I've just demo'd other stuff at stores, but out of all that stuff I just really don't see a big difference. I'm not well versed enough in technical terms or anything to tell you exactly how I like it. I've rambled enough . . .shutting up now. -Ryan