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Bedroom system for my 10 year old son

We're re-doing our 10 yr old son's bedroom. He's really into music, listens either to his iPod or the family computer in the den. My wife says we should add a stereo for him. I've got a pair of NHT Super Zero's sitting unused that I can throw in there. What I need is either an integrated amp or receiver. I prefer something in the sub $200 range, preferably with a headphone jack. Because he doesn't have much shelf space, the smaller the footprint the better.

Any recommendation for something that would work with the NHT's? Would I be better off spending a couple hundreds of bucks on a shelf system?

Thanks in advance.
ecruz
oddmorning
44 posts
 
Great advice from Shadorne...
celtic66
1,725 posts
 
NHTs are great but need some current. Older NAD or Rotel integrated will push them.
blindjim
3,092 posts
 
Hmmm... system for a 10 yr. old.

I've got a ten year old system in my bed room.

Sony 444 es 5.1 receiver... should go for around your price point... will sure drive those NHTs... and more.

Get an X box, or PS as a source.. so he can play whatever disc, whenever.

Actually my Sony is 9, later this year, and has been used with great frequency during that time in many ways... Right now I use my Oppo 980 as one source, a laptop as another and then the cable box.

The sub is over ten years old... Velodyne, 10 inch 100wpc, w/passive 12 radiator... probably you could do way better there than mine... around $150 or so.

But definitely a sub has a lot of grin content.

Good luck
ecruz OP
402 posts
 
Wow! Thanks for all the ideas.

I had thought about a sub, but the issue is space. The room is about 12 x 12, he's got a bed, a small bookcase, a desk/chair and a floor lamp. Plus one whole wall is taken up with the door and closets. I can mount the NHT's on the wall, so they're not an issue.

Keep the ideas coming.
jwmazur
191 posts
 
Pick up a used Great American Sound (GAS) Thalia or Thoebe preamp and mate it to a GAS Son of Ampzilla power amp. Cheap enough on Ebay, fun names, and gets him into having pride of ownership and separates like the big boys. Surprisingly, this gear still cuts muster with today's gear. The meters on the amp are a hoot also.
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