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Help me build my system
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tywynash wrote:

...I mentioned being on a budget but I'm also not looking for the cheapest thing out there.

And your budget is?

What is your listening room like?

What are your musical preferences?

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If I was on a tight budget and wanted to set up a system, the first thing I would buy is a Harman-Kardon 3490 stereo receiver.

You can get it for under $400, and it sounds great. It even includes a phono preamp and tuner and has subwoofer output jacks.

To get an integrated amplifier that sounds significantly better you would have to spend at least twice as much money IMO.

A pair of Wharfedale Diamond 10.1 speakers is $349 at Music Direct, and you will be hard-pressed to find anything better-sounding without going over $500.

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I'm looking to spend somwhere between $300-500 on a receiver. I've got klipsch speakers already but it's a surround sound system so I really don't want to use that. I was looking at the wharfdale speakers the poster below mentioned.  I've already got phones, Grado SR80i.

My listening room is just my living room. Laminate flooring. Minimal furniture. Plaster walls I believe. I don't know the exact size but its large.

As for musical preferences, I listen to a very wide variety of music. Most of my vinyl collection is comprised of classical, jazz, a little electronic, dub, and rock (indie, classic, modern like Queens of the Stone Age, and some alternative)

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