BEST budget system. What is yours?

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!

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!

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!

My 2nd system consists of:

Pioneer Elite DV-37 CD player (hard wired power cord)
w/ Stager Silver interconnects
Monoprice 50w Integrated amp 
w/ SilnoteAudio Posedian GL powercord
into JBL PRIMA L50 vintage speakers (one of the best JBL ever made)
w/ 14g wire for speaker cables, with bare wire connection

About $950

Great Sound: Great pace, toe-tappin presentation with plenty of thump

Sorry: just realized that the speakers should be listed as JBL L25 PRIMAs...

If I didn't use really good interconnects and power cord, I'd be down around $700...