Best Budget Hi-Fi System
Looking for a great budget hi-fi system for yourself???
Well I too started as a beginner looking for the best bang for the buck system for myself. After many months and months of hearing many systems I put together a system for my self. As soon as I put together this sytem for my self I was reqested by a family friend to help him set up another system and then another one followed soon...
So in the last many many months I have had the pleasure of listening to many brands both at home an in the various hi-fi shops in Mumbai and Bangalore.
The one thing that I learnt from this pursuit was that one should spend a major portion of your budget on a good pair of speakers as it is the speakers that mainly determine the sound.
Ideally you should divide your budget as follows:
Speakers 40%
Cd Player 30%
Integrated Amp. 30%
I have not allocated any money for speaker cables or interconnects. I feel that one should concentrate on the system first and then later on save towards speaker cable and interconnects.
So based on my experience of setting up 3 different budget hi-fi systems I wish to share the configuration that I feel most beginners should hear!
Budget System
Speakers:
BookShelf
Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 or 9.2
Epos M5
Monitor Audio Bronze B2 (now BR2)
FloorStanders
Mordaunt Short MS914
Mission M33i
Acoustic Energy Aegis Evo3
CD Player
Cambridge Audio 540C or 640C (the best in the lot)
NAD C521BEE or c542
Integrated Amplifier
NAD 320BEE or C352
Cambridge Audio 540A or 640A
Rotel RA-04/05
Well I hope this list will help newcomers and beginners in deciding on a new budget hi-fi system.
Looking for a great budget hi-fi system for yourself???
Well I too started as a beginner looking for the best bang for the buck system for myself. After many months and months of hearing many systems I put together a system for my self. As soon as I put together this sytem for my self I was reqested by a family friend to help him set up another system and then another one followed soon...
So in the last many many months I have had the pleasure of listening to many brands both at home an in the various hi-fi shops in Mumbai and Bangalore.
The one thing that I learnt from this pursuit was that one should spend a major portion of your budget on a good pair of speakers as it is the speakers that mainly determine the sound.
Ideally you should divide your budget as follows:
Speakers 40%
Cd Player 30%
Integrated Amp. 30%
I have not allocated any money for speaker cables or interconnects. I feel that one should concentrate on the system first and then later on save towards speaker cable and interconnects.
So based on my experience of setting up 3 different budget hi-fi systems I wish to share the configuration that I feel most beginners should hear!
Budget System
Speakers:
BookShelf
Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 or 9.2
Epos M5
Monitor Audio Bronze B2 (now BR2)
FloorStanders
Mordaunt Short MS914
Mission M33i
Acoustic Energy Aegis Evo3
CD Player
Cambridge Audio 540C or 640C (the best in the lot)
NAD C521BEE or c542
Integrated Amplifier
NAD 320BEE or C352
Cambridge Audio 540A or 640A
Rotel RA-04/05
Well I hope this list will help newcomers and beginners in deciding on a new budget hi-fi system.