Did a satisfaction threshold exist under 1000 bucks ?

I went from a Revel Salon 1 speaker in a secluded home in the hills, where I could blast as loud as wanted to an apartment next to the beach. I had a $300 AudioEngineUSA  desktop speaker for 5 years at the beach apartment.

I enjoyed the heck out of my system during that time because the alternative was no music, and that would be no fun.

you can go to shopgoodwill.com and buy components worth 20 times the price on ebay. For a 1000 bucks you can build an incredible system. 

And not just any brands but high end audiophile gear. Of course it takes time, and a bit of luck. But not much $

Thanks for this useful advices to beginners ...grislybutter yyzsantabarbara

I will add, you must, once this is done, read enough about how to controls vibration/resonance , electrical noise floor of the gear/room/house and especially acoustics concepts not just room acoustic ... Without this applied  even with high end components the S.Q. will never be optimal if not even good ...

agreed @mahgister the system without basic understanding of these principles may as well be a JBL pill

😊 Indeed!