Pinkboy wrote :

I'm a young audiophile who also happens to be gay. I'd like to make
friends with likeminded people and chat on this board with people who
do not find this a bad thing. I know there's lots of flaming going on
here but its not the right kind! My first big project is to buy a new
system with speakers, receiver and a CD player and my budget is $500.


It's not enough, boy.
In the audiophile world with $500 only you cannot even purchase the wire to
hang you.
You'd better chose macrame it's a cheaper hobby. ;-)