[Eeyore]

wrote:

Eeyore wrote:

I forgot to say, You can get a competent amp and CD player for half your budget.

That leaves the other half for speakers and this is where spending abit more
makes big differences.

I agree - in that price range, I'd probably look to buy a used
integrated amp or receiver (I have an old NAD 7225PE receiver which
sounds pretty good for what I paid for it (used) ages ago, and you can
probably find one for less than $100 now.

NAD stuff has always generally been pretty decent. I nearly worked for them once btw !



I don't know CD players
particularly well, but I have a Sony 5-CD carousel changer that also
plays SACD's, and it only cost about $150.

I'd avoid carousel changers as there's more to go wrong.

Even a 'basic' CD payer these days is very good. You might want to consider using a
DVD player actually to perform a dual role.

Graham