chaskelljr2001
Responses from chaskelljr2001
| What is $5,000 worth today, and is it better than 1,600 in the 80's? That would depend on the gear in question.How much I enjoyed the make up of the gear in question plays a huge in it all.The feature set, and the sound quality of it also play an important part.If I paid about $1,600.00 to about $2,500.00 for an am... | |
| What is $5,000 worth today, and is it better than 1,600 in the 80's? 1980 -- $1,600.00 vs 2019 -- $5,000.00.What I would've bought then vs What I would buy today?1984 System..... Vandersteen 2C Speaker System -- $650.00. Yamaha A-1000 Integrated Amplifier (120 WPC @ 8 Ohms) -- $600.00. Technics SL-1800 MkII Turn... | |
| Build a system for $1000 I can build a system for other people for $1K, but not necessarily myself (as an almost lifetime audiophile, I’m VERY picky when it comes to sound quality.... for myself, $2K may do it, and even then, compromises are going to be eminent, and I hav... | |
| Keeping Spend Among System Proportional? . Speakers -- $3K. Electronics (Preamp and Power Amp or Integrated, and Phono Preamp) -- $3K to $6K+ (Depending On Speaker System). Digital (CD Player or Transport, Music Streamer, DAC) -- $1.5K to $3.5K. Turntable -- $3K (-/+). Phono Cartridge --... | |
| You get to have 3 pieces: 2 speakers and 1 piece of electronics + Turntable... . Vandersteen 2Ce Signatures II. Cambridge Audio AZUR 851A (Preamp, Amp, DAC). VPI Prime Turntable--Charles-- | |
| The High End for Under a Grand? Speaker System: Boston Acoustics A-150 (Used) -- $150.00Integrated Amplifier: NAD 3140 (Used) -- $150.00Turntable: Technics SL-1800 MkII (Used) -- $250.00Phono Cartridge: Nagaoka MP-110 (New) -- $125.00Compact Disc Player: Emotiva CD-100 (New) -- ... | |
| One DAC/integrated you could be happy with forever? Affordable: Cambridge Audio AZUR 851AHigh-End (Go For Broke): Bryston B135--Charles-- | |
| Whats in your second system? Update onto my second system (which is placed into my bedroom):Headphones #1: Sennheiser HD-650 HeadphonesHeadphones #2: Sennheiser HD-598 HeadphonesHeadphones #3: Audio Technica ATH-M50x Headphones (Forthcoming)(Price — $150.00)Integrated Amplifi... | |
| Whats in your second system? The Third System is a Mobile Headphone Based System.Headphones #1: Sennheiser HD-650 Headphones (Same Ones Used In Second System — Home Listening Only)(Music Only)Headphones #2: Sennheiser HD-598 Headphones (Same Ones Used In Second System — Mobil... | |
| Whats in your second system? I’m assembling a Bedroom (Audio Only) System now with the following:Headphones #1: Sennheiser HD-650 HeadphonesHeadphones #2: Sennheiser HD-598 HeadphonesHeadphones #3: Audio Technica ATH-M50x Headphones (Forthcoming)(Price — $150.00)Integrated... | |
| Suggestions for a dedicated rock system My "Rock" System would be Vandersteen 2Ce Signatures, with a Bryston BP26 w/Dedicated Power Supply and a Bryston 3B3 Power Amplifier.ORKlipsch Cornwall III (VERY EFFICIENT) -- Goes VERY LOUDLY with very little amplifier power, and I can get away w... | |
| If your system were a car! I have small German (1988 KEF Reference 102 w/Kube Equalization System) bookshelf monitors that are mounted on 24-26 inch stands.And to front the system, I’m mainly using a modified German turntable (1971 Thorens TD-160 — standard plinth, but with... | |
| What is your favorite budget audio component? Nakamichi BX-300 Cassette Deck (owned from new in 1987, and sold it 17 years later) -- Same Performance, Same Sound Quality, and Same Refinement as their more expensive decks of the era (but without an automatic tape calibration system). Three Mo... | |
| Apartment Dweller's Paradise - The Ideal 2 ch. system? " Ideal system for a SMALL space is a headphone system ,With a little careful buying you can get as good, or better, than the average10K$ system for a thousand bucks .And 95% of the population can adjust to "phones. After 3-4 weeks they seem norma... | |
| What music or equipment gifts did you get for Christmas this year? Christmas Present to me was an Adcom GFA-555se.I've been a good boy this year, and Santa has SO rewarded me.--Charles-- |