Ralf,
About a year ago I made some changes in my system, so I'll share
with you the approach I took.
Five years ago we moved into a new house that was pre-wired for
surround-sound: four ceiling mounted speakers and a hidden woofer.
Significant Other loved this arrangement so the Adcoms and Missions got
packed away. About a year ago I moved into a larger office at work and
decided to liberate the Missions from their cardboard jail. What to run
through them? Adcoms were too big for office so I went looking on Eb*y
and managed to get a winning bid on a Marantz 2215B for $35. For another
$35 I picked up a new el cheapo CD/DVD/MP3 player. For $70 the kit
sounds pretty darn good and the blue face lights on the receiver look
really nice on the shelf. The Mission 770's are efficient so the
conservatively rated 15 watt amp does a pretty good job pushing them.
Who knows how long the 70's era Marantz will last; but my money
says it will still be going when the CD player craps out.
Charlie
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Ralf Loi
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 2:02 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Hi-Fi advice
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It would help us to have an idea of what you think is a reasonable
amount
of money to spend on this. 300 Euros? 500? 1000? We can always tell you
that whatever amount you have in mind is not nearly enough :-) It's
possible to spend thousands of Euros on just one power amplifier (times
two for stereo). Also, do you have any plans to listen to either movies
or
some of the newer multiple-channel formats like SACD or DVD-A? And since
you say "amplifier", do you not want to listen to radio at all through
this system?
>>
I'm thinking of some 200 euros for the amplifier, maybe slighty more. It
will play cd and radio,
but not dvd because I don't own a TV and I don't want one (yes, I know
I'm
strange).
I was thinking of a NAD C320 or C320BEE, but I have to find an used one
with my budget.
What I really need to know is if there is a better brand/model in that
range of price or with
same quality at less price.
For the CD player I don't have any idea of a brand/model. So any advice
is
useful.
The tuner I think I can choose one myself because for the use I can find
one locally.
Ralf Loi
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