As much as possible! Then you can slowly upgrade your other components. BUT pick the best full range speaker your budget and room can support or if you think you may move to a bigger domicle...the best your future room might support. If you like bass then find a big enough speaker to give you that. There's plenty decent mid-fi amps/preamps to buy to get started. I prefer Thiel and Dunlavy. A pair of Dunlavy SC IVs can be had cheap on Audiogon. Company no longer in business however. If you go Thiel then I'd say the 3.6 or 2.4 would be minimums, but the CS 6 would best support my theory. In my ugrade process for electronics the first step up to the "big leagues" would be in source components (CD/SACd player and/or turntable/cartrigde/arm). short answer is therfore "as much as possible on speakers as per your budget".
How do you determine how much to spend on speakers
Hello all,
I am just starting out in this HI-FI stuff and have a pretty modest budget (prospectively about 5K) for all. Any suggestions as to how funds should be distributed. At this stage, I have no interest in any analog components. Most notably, whether or not it is favorable to splurge on speakers and settle for less expensive components and upgrade later, or set a target price range and stick to it.
Thanks
I am just starting out in this HI-FI stuff and have a pretty modest budget (prospectively about 5K) for all. Any suggestions as to how funds should be distributed. At this stage, I have no interest in any analog components. Most notably, whether or not it is favorable to splurge on speakers and settle for less expensive components and upgrade later, or set a target price range and stick to it.
Thanks
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