Here is my budget system in our second home at the lake:
Magnepan MMG (found at Goodwill in mint condion for $35 - pure luck)
NAD 80w/ch Receiver from the 1980s (eBay for $120)
Rotel RCD970 CD player (eBay)
Cables? The ones that I don't use anymore on the main system. (AQ type-4 speaker cable, can't remember what interconnect).
Whole system is well under $500 and is very listenable.
Magnepan MMG (found at Goodwill in mint condion for $35 - pure luck)
NAD 80w/ch Receiver from the 1980s (eBay for $120)
Rotel RCD970 CD player (eBay)
Cables? The ones that I don't use anymore on the main system. (AQ type-4 speaker cable, can't remember what interconnect).
Whole system is well under $500 and is very listenable.