A system under $1k an interesting link

I think that was a pretty decent package for everything including a tuner, all together for $1k. Surprising for a media type. I thought the part about the Auricaps was very out of the ordinary for something from outside the audiophile magazines.
Good thread KF.

Pretty good try!! But he left no money for cables ($23), so is recommending the plastic junk at Radio Shack. So this system won't sound that good.

He still needs speaker stands. He's putting them on his Bookcase!! Great imaging!!

The tuner connects to the system with an adapter into the headphone jack. Yuk!

He also wants you to change the caps in the amplifier.
Yeh, like how many people are going to do this themselves?
If the caps in the amp need changing, then how good is it?

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Ok. Shopping only at Audio Advisor today, except last items.
Includes sale items which is fair for shopping by anyone.

Cambridge Audio A300v2 Amp--------- $250
Pioneer 343 DVD Player
(has excellent Burr Brown DAC)--------- $99
Heybrook HB2 Kevlar Speakers--------- $199
Target FS 24 inch speaker stands--------- $79
Music Hall MMF-1 Turntable------------ $199 (He used $180)
Kimber 4PR Speaker Cables-------------- $62
Wireworld Oasis III Interconnects-------- $36
--------------Subtotal----------------------- $924

"Litte Rat" Phono Stage-------------------- $25
Vintage Kenwood KT5500 tuner (ebay)---$30
--------------Total--------------------------- $979

I have both phono and CD. He was forced to choose only one between the two.
I have stands and good cables; he has neither.
You could also do the add on internal phono stage on the A300 amp instead of the Little Rat.
The vintage tuner will kill his headphone jack tuner.
There is a few bucks left for cables for the tuner.
Straightwire Harmony on sale at AA $18. (Total now $998)

NAD L-40 leftover $350
KEF UniQ-One, B&W 602S111, Triangle, Polk 25i, etc. $300-500
Canare Quad S11 $20
Plateau V23 sand-filled Target-clones 200.
Nice'n easy G-note system I'll probably build for my daughter this summer. Emphasis on easy!

I thought he did a good job introducing a part of hifi to the average joe and jane. His system was fun and practical, but in a George Lucas kinda society, ten-watters may be a questionable for the potential audiophile. The PAL sounds really cool, and the Atoms are okay in my book.