pugwonk wrote: > selling it to the Mrs, and if it's $400 I could probably get it past > with a couple of romantic evenings. > > I'd rather buy separate things than more powered speakers - I'm quite > keen to start a collection of audio equipment that I can size up > piecemeal. > > Will an audio shop even let me listen to anything if my budget is this > small? I thought I had to have four digits to get in the door.
Ouch, that is a small budget. I think you should think again about powered speakers, they all are not terrible. Look in "Pro audio" stores, for something like the Mackie HR624 Studio Monitor There are a fair number of decent unpowered speakers at the $500 a pair point, but you'll then need an amp, which will cost at least a couple hundred bucks. You do not "need" a preamp, unless you want to switch between sources. If you are just going SqueezeBox to speakers, or SB to amp to speakers, you can skip the preamp. You are correct, audiophile stores want to sell you $500 cables to connect your $2000 amp to your $5,000 speakers. A few of them realize that this is a drug, and if they get you in, you will return to buy more and more. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
