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BEST budget system. What is yours?

Here is mine:
NAD 3020 Integrated Amp (Completely restored, recapped and serviced to factory NEW specs)  $235
Onkyo C7030 CD Player  $199
Klipsch RB-61 II Speakers  $329
Blue Jeans Cables  $100

Total - $863


A lot of sound for less than a grand.  :)
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n80
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Audio Research LS16 tube pre-amp - free
Madrigal Proceed HPA2 amp - free
Arcam CD92 CDP - free
Aerial Acoustics 7B speakers - free
Transparent cables throughout - free

Total:$0.00

Finding audio gear in your brother-in-law’s basement that he doesn’t want, doesn’t need and does not know how to work...priceless
secretguy
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OK...this is SERIOUS budget. I put this together for my wife.
Pioneer speakers...the little Andrew Jones ones
Onkyo 9110 integrated (amazing sounding amp)
NAD CD player that I already had...forget the model
Garrard GT55 with ADC XLM mk2
This little system that cost me maybe 400 kicks ass!
secretguy
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shtinkydog33 posts02-20-2018 4:53pm

NAD 372 integrated: $50 at swap meet

Onkyo C490 (?) cd changer: $150 new

Kicker 6000 outdoor speakers: $80 new at Costco.

I listen to this far more than I do to my main rig, cuz I have it on whenever I play with my dog and/or bbq. So pretty much every day.   Killer sound on the cheap.

Cables are all freebies or whatever. Total: $280.


Man, I had a 372. That's a great amp! I can't believe you got it that cheap. I think I sold it a couple years ago for 600 or700!
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mapman
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My third system is vintage 80’s NAD 7020 receiver  (recently refurbed) to Boston Acoustics A40 (I re-foamed these myself) with Google Chromecast as source. ~ $200 used if you can find it in similar good condition. Sounds really good!
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