Nor have I ever, aside from those shelf systems we all had in hs/college. At the moment, I have nothing to listen from at home aside from the actual speakers built into my laptop.

In my office I have some sweet jbl speakers that play over my iTunes router or whatever.

Anyway, I want to remedy this and need advice. I don't need or want some kind of fucking audio-nerd porn stereo, but I do want something good, a turntable, and the ability to play music wirelessly.

I'd like to spend less than $1k, and it either needs to be super fucking easy to set up, or Bloor has to come do it for me.

Fire away, please.

A few online resources:

Consumer Reports home stereo buying guide

http://hometheater.about.com/

Crutchfield

Outdoor Speakers

Overstock.com speakers

Or, just go on Ebay and get all Yamaha components (receiver, turntable, BluRay and speakers) and you'll be happy with the results.

I pretty much want someone to tell me "go buy this" -- I hate doing research

I'm getting one of these to replace my ailing Marantz CD63 mkII KI Sig.



As far as I can see it's just about the best thing in my price range at $499 apart from the Cambridge Audio player but I've always thought that Cambridge Audio equipment looks like a total fucking eyesore.

Only thing is when I looked at it in the shop I thought the disc tray looked a little on the flimsy side and I've heard a few stories of problems with the disc tray not opening or closing if you put stuff on top of the player but I think I'm just going to go for it.

I had a Nad about 15 years ago (predecessor of the Marantz) and it was a good little player.

Does it have to be wireless?

Once we went vinyl in the home, that's all we listen to now.

I'd get a good turntable, good speakers, good amp/preamp, and call it a day, but that's me, and that's based on how i want to spend the precious little time i have at home to listen to tunes.

Just picked this up at an estate sale today. 15 bucks! Stereo in my man cave/rec room/basement you say? Indeed!







there was even a dick dale 7" tucked inside. Muhahahaaha!

good score bort.

agreed. and get old gear. see what your dad's hiding. best move i made was coming home to toronto, and stealing my dad's system that he used before the cd devolution.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Stanton+-+D ... Id=8891283

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Marantz+-+8 ... Id=1224457

http://cgi.ebay.com/B-W-DM601-s3-Bowers ... 3360f13ed6

Start there, add what you need later, you can expand from here.

-P

Dude, you absolutely do not need to pay a lot of $ for a turntable. This one is low priced, great quality, and will suit your needs perfectly.

http://www.amazon.com/Technica-AT-LP60- ... GLEQ65Z9Y5

bort, that looks identical to the one my grandpa used to have.

man, my dad used to have one of these. wish i'd gotten it from him.

80 bucks? this is actually good?

I have a receiver and cd player similar to these. You can probably get the two for around $500 total, and I use them all the time and can vouch for the quality.


http://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-TX-SR508-7-1-Channel-Theater-Receiver/dp/B003BEDQQW/ref=sr_1_2?s=aht&ie=UTF8&qid=1285476325&sr=1-2
http://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-DV-SP506-1080p-Upscaling-Player/dp/B001AMUG10/ref=sr_1_4?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285476401&sr=8-4

Plus, you can easily mix and match pieces around these then as you add them. Just my 2 cents.

Sweet.

Ummm...it's worth $80. If nothing else, it will let you jack straight into your computer, if that's what you're wanting to do.

Powered speakers, eliminates the need for a separate amplifier/receiver, also can be used wireless if you want. May look pricey at first glance, but damned good- http://audioengineusa.com/Store/Audioengine-5#overview

Stream all your digital files wirelessly: http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Squeezeb ... 942&sr=8-1

Either use this to transfer vinyl to digital, or plug it straight into the speakers above. Denon makes good shit- http://www.amazon.com/Denon-DP-200USB-A ... 324&sr=1-2

Yeah, the 80 dollar audio technica will do the job, you can always upgrade your cartridge.

I just thought he might want a direct drive over a belt drive since he probably won't want to change a belt someday.

$200 is pretty cheap for a direct drive.

Here you go :

I think it looks like tentoze has you hooked up for within your budget for good wireless sound and ability to stream. I would only maybe suggest to maybe upgrade the turntable a bit since you could do so and still stay under a grand. I've heard good things about this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Denon-DP-300F-Aut ... 741&sr=1-3

For the money, the DP-300F is hard to beat- very good tt. Only reason I recommended the lesser model is its USB capabilities in ripping vinyl straight to a memory stick (even though 192 kbps is the top SQ).

GAR - did you eventually buy something?

I've barely had time to think. Maybe for Christmas.