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98thumpin

i have no home stereo now. im wanting to get a good home stereo that will deliever great sound, i like yamaha stuff polk of course cerwin vega bose etc, what would a good setup be i listen to all types of music. i want it to sound like im front stage at a concert when i crank it up. ne ideas please help, and this will be step by step.

dagame27

If you are looking for a reasonably priced 2 channel system, I am not sure you could do better than the Polk SDA's. I picked up my 2A's for $250. It is probably the best purchase I have made in regards to audio (thanks Noel). Any of the vintage Monitor or RTA series would do you good as well. It does not take a lot of money to get a damn fine setup. Good Luck and have fun, it is a great hobby.

dudeinaroom

Forget the Bose, forget the Vegas. Get a pair of SDAs. Done.

98thumpin

ok what about components, i dont want a all in one recierver i want all seperate components, and id like 4 channel capability.

dagame27

When talking about components, you have many, many options. Is this system used for music only or other uses as well. If only for music I would recommend an entry level tube preamp with a decent solid state amp (adcom or parasound would be my recommendations). With these components and a set of SDA's or similar you will have one hell of a rig on your hands. (also don't forget the source, the rule of thumb is your system is only as good as your weakest link. However there are too many options here to even list a few)

98thumpin

i know the polk sda srs series well my dad has a set and id love to have a set also what would a set run me?

it will be a music and tv only system

98thumpin

to answer zeros question, gate city is 15 minutes north of kingsport tn.

yes i want it capable of loud and clean volumes, with good base

my kind of music is everykind, country, rock, metal, jazz, blues, hiphop, u name it
no i will buy used if i can get better stuff at prices less than new

my father has two polk sda srs signature series speakers, a vellodyne sub, and all nak components, sounds awesome, but i cant afford that setup.

overall budget invested 4,000.00

98thumpin

but space is an issue also i dont really have the room for monster speakers

danger boy

If i were you.. i'd look for some used Polk RTiXXX series speakers.. they are inexpensive. sound good and should give you what you are looking for. Say the RT800i's or RT1000i's would be tall slim and inexpensive to buy. Both show up on Ebay all the time. If you go with the RTixxx series.. look for a used Polk CSW400i.. here again.. they are on ebay or audiogon nearly every other week for about $200.

Next i'd look for a used pre amp from Outlaw audio.. their 990 model came out late last year.. so people are looking to move out their 950's or even 970's... for good price.

Tons of amps out there.. 4 channel ? why four channel?

98thumpin

i want the room to be full of sound some systems i hear you can tell exactly where the sound is coming from i dont want that i but two channel is fine with me i used to have yamaha 4 channel amp that was good i ran two dahlquest dqm 9 speakers in the front and two nht bookshelfs in the rear sounded good

98thumpin

how do you feel about the polk monitor series and would these speakers do good my system is going in a bedroom

Ricardo

$4,000?????

With that kind of coin you can get a super system; I don't have that much on mine and it sounds very good (There are lots of better out there, but I've reached a point where I'm happy with it and don't feel the need to upgrade).

Watch Audiogon and the Fleamarket here; get a good tube integrated, or a tube pre plus SS amp, a tube CD player, and your choice of speakers; you can get SDA's, ribbons, LSi line, endless possibilities; you can get a great system even for $3,000 or less !!!!

98thumpin

sounds good to me that 4 grand total invested, so ill have to do it step by step , but gives me ideas for a setup in the 500 dollar to 2,000 dollar range also if i can get great sound for less than thats fine by me.

98thumpin

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