How do you determine how much to spend on speakers

I have heard the opinion for years which states that you should put the bulk of your system budget in speakers. It was probably first authored by the speaker companies who mark speakers up substantially more than the electronic companies. The baton was then quickly passed to the retailers who clearly make more money from speaker markup than electronics as well. It is true that garbage speakers are no bargain at any price, but come on people, you must agree that people's opinions on speakers are more influenced by name brand reputation and snob appeal than any other component. There is a pantheon of highly tauted yet horrible speakers...witness the Bose 901...the object lesson. Instead, show me good quality drivers, a speaker that doesn't look like R2D2 in drag, and a a simple design uncluttered by excessive drivers.

This much I know for certain, there are some speakers that sound better than others costing 2 to 3 times as much. Beware of stereo budget ratios specifying some fractional amount to be dedicated to speakers...unless you are prepared for the endoscope to follow...

That one is simple. Spend twice the amount that your
willing to disclose to your wife. You will flattly
have to lie about the ic's and speaker cable. Don't
even bother to mention about the power cords. Good luck

get an FM tuner, that is a lot of fun, I am shure if you get one you will like it and afterwards you will try to get a better one. I have the Magnum Dynalab MD100r and I listen to it every night, both classical music, Opera and talk-programs. Best regards, Antonio Machado.

People amaze me with their opinions. But here's mine for what it's worth. FIRST, figure out what type of music you like. Rock, R&B, pop, rap, clasical, jazz....THEN you can pick the best components for $5k. Generally I perfer the sound of a tube system (I have one now). But everyone is different....but the catch 22 is how do you know without listening to each?

You check my FB and if you want my opinion, you talk to me and tell me what type of music you like, your room size & detailed configuration and we'll go from there.

Regards,
Steve
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