what can you get for your money
In the last post we looked at a quality system you can put together for 500 dollars. What if you have a $1000 to spend on audio equipment, well you can make a few upgrades. There are a couple of items we did keep though such as the speakers, the Klipsch bookshelves are an amazing value and we feel as though they keep up with this system.
$1000
- Amp- Marantz PM5005
- Price – 499.99
- This is our first step into what we refer to as Hi Fidelity
- Dedicated phono stage
- One con, is no pre amp outs
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- Speakers: Klipsch Reference R-41m
- price 169.99 per pair
- best bang for the buck
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- Speaker cable: Gear It cables
- Price: 12.00-22.00 depending on length
- work great, cheap
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- Turntable: Music Hall MMF1.3
- Price: 399.99
- full manual
- built in phono stage
- belt drive
- clean appearance
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We have upgraded your system quite a bit over the previous set up. I think the mvp in this list is the turntable if you are into vinyl, the belt drive set up will reduce noise quite a bit.
In the next post we will cover a Budget of 5000$
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