Want to spend my savings - pls help

Hi everyone,

I want to buy a new hi-fi system. My requirement is Music listening ( CD, MP3, Tape sometimes). Currently I have a small stereo CD/MP3/Tape boombox, but not very powerful. So want to upgarde in to more powerful hi-fi..may be I can party with friends!

I have saved my pocket money for years and made 10K now and this is my budget.
If you folks are asking me to stretch this budget little more you have to contribute..
So I want to spend it wisely. Pls advice me to select a good system. I heard Sony hi-fi are good.? Any good models in my budget so that I can go and listen.


Thanks in advance,
Anjali ks

If you have a computer buy good sound card + BS speakers(may be second hand).If you are fine just search the forums to get some outline on best speakers of your budget

Hi,
Getting a HI FI for that price will be difficult. Maybe u should go for the sony, onkyo and the likes and get a micro component system. Will that be good enough for u to party with friends i dont know but i wont suggest anymore for fear of the conditions u have laid out.
U could also look at used seperates HI FI and u can start with the classifieds in this forum though in this budget u wont get all the sources that u have listed out.
Pioneer DVD player(5K)will play CD and MP3 + used integrated amp(5K) + used bookshelf(5K) is 15K well spent.
Regards

If you can listen to your cds and mp3s it will be the best bet and you can have a decent sound card and a good multimedia system
Logitech has one 2.1 THX speaker system which i feel should be good. I have never listened to it but reading the specs I feel its good enough

Here is the link
IT-Depot

If you say you dont have a PC, then its very difficult to get a hi-fi system in your budget
You will need a mp3/audio cd player, stereo integrated amp and a pair of speakers which most probably would be bookshelves

If you can double your budget I am sure many members here in the forum can suggest you a decent stereo amp + speakers

I would not advice you to go for mini hi-fi systems which are in the market. They only have looks and stylish backlit buttons which stop working after a year or so

Thanks all for your response.

Yes I do have a PC ( HP Pavillion ) with 7.1 onboard audio support. The speakers are Harman-Kardon 2.1. It sounds good, but not very powerful though. But you know music listening through PC has some limitations..

hi Anjali

The best thing you can do is , choose a second hand separate components .
You can get a 2 channel amp for around 5k and a bookshelf for another 5k and can use ur computer ( for time being ) as source and when savings are made buy a CD player.

regards

If you not satisfied with Harmon-Kardon, you need to increase your budget quiet a bit. There is a lot of flexibility if you listen music through a PC. Definately mp3s have a quality loss and audio cds played through a CD/DVD drive wont sound as good as it can through some hi-end cd players
I am using my PC to listen to music and it has a Terratec Aureon Universe soundcard. I dont say the quality wise I have the best but for the hardware i have right now I am pretty much satisfied. The soundcard is very high end but my amps and speakers are not up to the mark. Secondly i am more into Electronic music and tracks are mostly released digtally (WAV and MP3 formats)

So what i say is, you can have a decent stereo amp and speakers and connect it to your PC. When you are on a budget I feel its the best way out for you

In that case buy only a amp now may be second hand NAD or Mar: (.and upgrade later for better speaker and CDP).Computer CD player is very good.Try to have good sound card.Don't use motherboard line.

for me, micro systems are not the best way to move forward. have you ever considered ripping music in flac (google for more details) format. I would thing as a starter you could get decent sound card + High quality 2.1 speakers for that price.

Once you have decent budget you could look into other dedicated methods

just my $.02c

Get an IPOD with good headphones. For the budget you won't get better sound reproduction.